Quips& Quotes

“I never would’ve guessed that the two biggest talking points of the #AUSvSA series would be de Kock and balls.” – New Zealand cricketer Jimmy Neesham

“When a player cannot feed cornflakes to the lucky hamster he keeps in his jockstrap, what is cricket coming to?” – British comedian Andy Zaltzman

If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re probably on the menu.” – US Senator Elizabeth Warren, quoted in New York magazine

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.” – Paul McCartney at the March for Our Lives rally in New York

“This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem.” – Joe Rogan, US comedian

“It’s not the votes that count but who counts the votes.”

– Joseph Stalin, quoted in the Guardian and the Week

“Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.”

– Albert Camus, quoted in the Times

“Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.

Ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao – The bird that feeds on the miro, theirs is the forest. The bird that feeds from the tree of knowledge, theirs is the world.” – Maori proverb

“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” – philosopher Immanuel Kant