Noteable Quotes

WE welcome him with an open heart. – Unam Vice Chancellor Lazarus Hangula commenting on President Sam Nujoma’s decision to study for a Masters Degree in Geology

WHAT is it that Nando’s said in the advert that is negative about him? If only I could have an answer to that. – Nando’s marketing manager Sylvester Chauke responding to ANCYL complaints about the company’s latest ad, which pokes fun at Julius Malema.POLITICIANS think we are stupid. They have not done anything for us all this time and now when it’s our turn to determine their future they want to talk to us. – A Durban voter identified only as Ganesh.NOW that I have voted, I want to see lights, running water, a tap and flushing toilets where I live. – A resident of Chicken Farm informal settlement in Soweto, identified only as Thandiwe.IT’S not a matter of chewing. It’s a matter of gum disposal. – Gil Leveille, executive director of the Wrigley Science Institute, commenting on research results that indicate students focus and perform better when allowed to chew gumWE arrived and poured some water on it just to see if it was still breathing and it kicked around for a little while. – Constable Jarrod Dwyer of Warranambool, on the coast of Victoria in Australia, where a live shark was dumped on the doorstep of a country newspaperIN the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation. – French philosopher François-Marie Arouet ( 1694 – 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport and defence of civil liberties, including both freedom of religion and free tradeMICROCREDIT has been one area the crisis has not impacted. The crisis has not touched it, still it is robust as ever – Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus who started Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983 cxommenting on the world recession.I’VE made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell, English logician and philosopher (1872-1970)From the history booksTHE fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. – South African political leader Oliver Tambo (1917 – 1993), co-founder of the ANC’s Youth League and President of the ANC from 1980 – 1991, died on April 24 1993A MAN is not defeated by his opponents but by himself. – General Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870 – 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. He served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. On April 25 1902, as Boer War general, he surrendered to the British under a flag of truce ALL I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel … and that’s what I’ve been doing all my life. – William ‘Count’ Basie (1904 – 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer who was widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time. He died on his 80th birthday on April 26 1984