Noteable Quotes

HE is not celebrating… He never does. – Former SA president Thabo Mbeki’s spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga on what Mbeki would do for his 67th birthday.

WE are disappointed, but it’s their own fault. There are safes, but they left the money outside. It’s over now. This can happen anywhere. This will not spoil our experience. – Egyptian Confederations Cup team representative Inas Mazhar, quoted in the Saturday Star, after about R19 000 in cash was stolen from their hotel rooms.BESIDES enjoying the rugby, the people who helped us with the incident were very friendly and helpful. This is why we will stay. – British Lions supporter Michael Harriott after being robbed outside a Johannesburg hotel.I AM not here for money, even if there is a settlement that money would be given to charity, the people who need it. I am here to clear my name of the horrible experience. And I’m also here for experience, I have never been to court before. – Sacked Sunday Times columnist David Bullard on why he was taking his former employer to the Labour Court.WHY do you think I’ll lose to Brazil? We are ready and prepared to face anyone. – Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana ahead of the team’s match against Brazil, quoted in The Star.THERE are only, maybe, three million adult male Zimbabweans in the whole world. They’re not all going to be here [in South Africa]. There are actually some people who live in Zimbabwe. – Senior researcher Tara Polzer of the University of Witwatersrand’s Forced Migration Programme.I THINK we are a complete and utter embarrassment to the people watching this. There is a corporation running wild out there. I cannot account to the public how our money is being spent. I do not know. – ANC MP Johnny de Lange after SABC board members refused to submit to questioning by Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications.THERE is nothing to resign from. The board can’t function. What do I achieve by resigning? – The SABC’s last board member Alison Gillwald.YOU have urinated on my jacket. – Zambian President Rupiah Banda addressing the primate who urinated on him as he spoke to reporters outside his State House offices.IF they chow me… you’ll be responsible! – SA Environment Minister Buyelwa Sonjica when asked by a journalist if she will tackle the Chinese mafia in her efforts to stamp out abalone poaching.IF you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 – 1873), was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician From the history booksI AM not an enthusiast for dynastic wealth, particularly when the alternative is 6 billion people having much poorer hands in life than we have. – US billionaire Warren Buffett. On June 26 2006, Buffett donated roughly $30.7 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, uniting the world’s two richest people in a bid to fight disease, reduce poverty and improve education.THE good fortune, beyond the great parts that I’ve gotten, is the fact that I worked. I was not prepared to do anything else, and I don’t know what I would’ve done. – Jack Lemmon, US actor and Academy Award winner, best known for his appearances in the films ‘Some Like It Hot’, ‘The Odd Couple’ and ‘Mister Roberts’. Lemmon died on June 27 2001WE defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. – US President Franklin D Roosevelt. On June 28 1935, Roosevelt ordered a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky