Noteable Quotes

THE skin was off totally, and the head was gone. – Detective Warrant Officer John Mwatongwe on the headless corpse pulled from the sea by a fishing vessel 190 nautical miles north-west of Walvis Bay last Sunday

CHILDREN are powerless, yet priceless, have quiet voices, yet so expressive. – Ongwediva Councillor Thikameni Ekandjo at a public meeting to discuss the Child Care and Protection Bill due to be tabled in Parliament later in the yearOWNERS may not keep any dog which barks for ‘more than six minutes in any hour or more than three minutes in any half hour’ … – Cape Town draft by-law to prevent barking dogs disturbing neighbourhoodsIF the BEA is making a recommendation, it’s because they know very well what happened. – Retired French pilot Jean Serrat commenting on what caused the crash of the Air France Airbus that was lost over the Atlantic Ocean last Monday with 228 people on board while flying from Rio de Janeiro to ParisI THINK this is the best way because I think people will feel shy or embarrassed when they are caught red-handed. – Khazali Din, mayor of Alor Star in northern Malaysia where they are introducing city officials blowing whistles when people litter IT is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power. – Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE)From the history booksIF physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. – US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray, wanted for the assassination of King, was arrested in London on June 8 1968