6 LISTENER MARCH 10 2018
LETTERS
ALEX SCOTT
“[Opera is when] the tenor
and the soprano want to
make love and the baritone
tries to prevent them.”
– George Bernard Shaw“To err is human – and to
blame it on a computer is
even more so.” – US comedy
writer Robert Orben“In a fashion show that took
place yesterday, Dolce &
Gabbana sent its handbags
down the runway on drones
instead of models. But first,
each drone was forced
to lose 10 pounds.” – US
comedian Conan O’Brien“When my child hits another
child with a stick, I don’t
blame the stick, but I still
take the stick away.” – Barbra
Streisand on Twitter“Be sincere ... be brief ... be
seated.” – James Roosevelt quot-
ing his father on the art of public
speaking“There are two sorts of
losers – the good loser and
the one who can’t act.”
– Laurence J Peter, originator of
the Peter principle“Talk is cheap because
supply exceeds demand.”
– adage quoted in the Economist“We cannot become what
we want by remaining who
we are.” – US writer Max Depree“I always wonder why birds
stay in the same place when
they can fly anywhere on
the Earth. Then I ask myself
the same question.” – Turkish
author Harun Yahya“It always rains on tents.
Rainstorms will travel
thousands of miles against
prevailing winds for the
opportunity to rain on a
tent.” – US comedian Dave BarryQuips&
Quotes
most enjoyable.
Beverley Mosley
Convenor, Scottish interest group,
NZSG
(One Tree Hill, Auckland)BYE-BYE BILL
Thanks for the Editorial in
praise and recognition of Bill
English (February 24). Thanks,
also, to Joanne Black, who
obviously, and rightly, has the
highest regard for him (Back to
Black, February 24).
It’s a sad departure for Eng-
lish. He did, after all, win the
2017 election votewise, and in
most other places in the world
this would have seen him re-
established as prime minister.
I object to a system that allows
an ageing, resentful politician
for whom few voted to dictate
who forms our government.
It’s sad, too, that David
Carter is no longer Speaker
of the House. He brought
dignity and purpose to the
role. The one time I have
seen Speaker Trevor Mallard
in action, he was lounging in
the chair holding aloft some
hapless infant. Is this the seatThe Inland Revenue Commis-
sioner made an application to
the High Court to have Waiwera
Water liquidated last year.
Stuff.co.nz, 2/2/Free 1-year-old huntaway ...
Updated with all vaccines and
microchipped and spade.
Whakatane Beacon, 17/11/Gate Pa Primary School
students will taste the fruits
of their labour soon. And by
soon, we mean in a few years
probably.
Weekend Sun, 11/8/It will take six weeks, and he’ll
do it alone with a one-person
tent. “It suits me down to the
ground ...”
NZ Listener, 22/2/“There’s adequate supply there
for those who choose to drink,
but any more of it is going to
exasperate the situation ...”
Dominion Post, 31/10/“It also gave me confidence. If I
can go to Africa and operate on
these people, I can survive in
Australia.”
NZ Listener, 25/11/Life in New Zealand
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