Noteable Quotes

THAT’S a lame excuse. – Trade Minister Hage Geingob on the European Union’s reluctance to change the wording of an interim economic partnership agreement, saying it would be too much work to change the text

I THINK it will be a sober speech… saying to every one don’t expect too much. – South African political analyst Peter Vale on President Jacob Zuma’s first State of the Nation addressCOMPASSION, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. – Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) was a German-French theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician PERFECT valour is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching. – Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680) IT is God through his angels who made these churches. – Alebachew Reta, spokesman for the Lalibela clergy of Ethiopia’s revered medieval rock-hewn churchesIF our mom knew (the nature of our business), she would disown us. – Adnan Qadeer, partner in a small family business in Pakistan that makes high-quality whips and ropes for Americans’ and Europeans’ sex play NEVER marry for money. Ye’ll borrow it cheaper. – Scottish ProverbFrom the history booksHAPPINESS lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organisation. – Donatien Alphonse Francois, the Marquis de Sade was born on June 2 1740