Quotations of the day

People who were hesitating to buy seem to have made up their minds when they saw the snow. (An official of a home shopping TV channel, saying Tuesday that online purchases of high-priced foreign camcorders have skyrocketed over the past two to three days.)

If there had been no selfish drivers, traffic in Taegwallyong would have been normalized much sooner. (An official of the Korea Highway Corporation, contending that some 200 driverless vehicles parked on road shoulders posed the greatest obstacle to snow-removal work on the Taegwallyong Pass on Sunday.)

Times have changed. We are now living in the 21st century. (North Korea¡¯s Rodong Shinmun, urging the people in a Sunday commentary to boldly do away with old customs and ways of thinking and adapt to rapid change.)

Up to now, the question of human nature has been ignored in our society. (Prof. Choi Myung-Ok, in charge of choosing topics for Seoul National University's essay writing test, is explaining Tuesday why human life was chosen as the latest subject.)

They cling too much to the goal of attracting more viewers. (A member of the broadcasting industry, criticizing KBS, MBC and SBS, the three major TV networks, for their apparent efforts to boost ratings by seldom starting and finishing their programs on time.)