Noteable Quotes

WE are one people and we live in one country. – President Hifikepunyenyenye Pohamba speaking at Rehoboth on Wednesday at the start of a five-day tour to the southeast

I DON’T read newspapers, I don’t need friends in the media because I only need one friend and that is God. – Springbok rugby team coach Peter de Villiers in an interview with the Sunday Independent.WHAT matters in sport is the result. Surely what matters in respect of the Springbok coach in this instance is that, unlike so many of his predecessors, he scored a series victory against the British and Irish Lions? – National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel in a letter to Business Day, defending Springbok coach Peter de VilliersWE have an army that is over-stretched; a navy which is under-stretched; and an airforce with nothing to stretch. – SA’s Democratic Alliance defence spokesman David Maynier during a parliamentary debate on the defence budgetI’M very glad, extremely glad, you left the defence force. Quite clearly, you have given more to drama than to service. Mr Maynier, the term ‘Chihuahua’ comes to mind. Does it come to your mind? – Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu in responseI’VE even thought about dyeing my hair and reducing the gap between my front teeth so that people won’t recognise me so easily. – Star of the recent Joost van der Westhuizen video and stripper Marilize van Emmenis on dealing with fame after a SA strip club owner Lolly Jackson hired herIT is becoming abundantly clear to me that ‘Hope’ is in decline, there is no ‘Change’ from ANC practices, and the only South Africans setting the ‘Agenda’ are current and former ANC members, to the exclusion of all others. – Simon Grindrod announcing his resignation from SA’s Congress of the People’s national working committeeDOCTORS from throughout KwaZulu-Natal earlier met and on their own decided to accept the latest government offer subject to further twigging [sic] to improve it. – KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo in a full-page newspaper advert on the labour dispute with state doctorsLOOK at the wonderful work they have done, but they need to be paid for it. The people that are benefiting are the wealthy, we are wondering where is their money. At the end of the day we are not even going to able to watch one single game. – Soccer City Stadium construction worker Paul Malatjie on the first day of a strikeTHE best father you could ever imagine. – Michael Jackson’s 11-year-old daughter Paris at Jackson’s memorial service in Los Angeles on TuesdayONE minute of patience, ten years of peace. – Greek proverbFrom the history booksTHE president is not a god, not a new monarch, not a miracle-worker, he is an ordinary citizen, but with special responsibilities. – Russia’s first elected President, Boris Yeltsin, speaking in a brief address on July 10, 1991, the day he was sworn inLIFE is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise. – American composer George Gershwin, famed for his ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and ‘An American in Paris’. Gershwin died on July 11, 1937IT is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Friedrich Nietzsche. On July 12, 1996, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana agreed the terms of their divorce, ending their 15-year marriage