Noteable Quotes

I WAS never driven by greed and never had a lavish lifestyle. – Former Swabou employee Eileen Veronica Tareni, who stole around N$1 million from the insurance company, when she appeared in the Windhoek Regional Court where she was sentenced to five years in jail

NO open fires, alcohol, weapons or women allowed. – A pamphlet distributed at evangelist Angus Buchan’s ‘Mighty Men’ gathering in KwaZulu-Natal.WE thought it (Mexico) was just like the East, where everyone walks around wearing those masks.’ – Susan Kok, South Africa’s first suspected swine flu case, quoted in Die Burger.THE truth is that if Zuma provides effective leadership then the shower will quickly appear inappropriate. If he doesn’t, it will grow bigger. – Anton Harber in Business Day commenting on cartoons depicting president-elect Jacob Zuma with a shower on his head.THE couple did not care who was looking and just kept going as if they were in their own bedroom. – Witness Mark Robinson told the Sun newspaper about the pair arrested for having sex on the lawn at Windsor Castle, one of the Queen’s residences, on Sunday afternoonLIFE consists in what a man is thinking of all day. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) From the history booksWHAT do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea. – Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of non-violent protest. On May 5 1944 he was released from prison in India where he had been held for two years for his opposition to World War ll