Quips & Quotes

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King

“If someone does bad to you, make sure you do good to them.” – Christchurch shooting survivor Farid Ahmed

“I worked for a chap once who said these [socialmedia giants] are all coin-operated – as soon as you stop putting the coins in, they have to react and the only way to tackle them is to fine them.” – technology commentator Paul Brislen on Facebook

“This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion.” – Pakistan President Imran Khan

“Aroha mai, aroha atu – Love received, love given.” – Māori proverb

“As-salāmu alaykum – peace be upon you.” – Arabic greeting

“Cut flowers don’t grow, but this bed beyond the gardens has blossomed bigger and brighter every day.” – journalist Mike Thorpe on Christchurch’s flower tributes

“Knowledge is power – if you know it about the right person.” – US writer Ethel Watts Mumford, quoted in the LA Times

“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a dayto-day basis.” – science fiction writer Margaret Bonanno

“France’s EU minister names her cat ‘Brexit’ because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but just stands there when I open the door’.” – the Independent’s Jon Stone