Robert L. Ripley: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Robert L. Ripley : We are now in the country of the veiled men: the Tuareg. Here the men, and not the women, wear the veil. And let me tell you, there's nothing feminine about them, for they are the wildest, fiercest fighters in Africa. And their chief occupation is highway robbery and the plundering of camel caravans.

• Robert L. Ripley : All women wearing veils look beautiful. Sometimes, the thicker the veil, the greater the beauty. But they do not wear the veil because they are beautiful. The Prophet Mohammed thought women unworthy of the glances of men, and ordered them to veil their faces, to save the men the necessity of looking at them.

• Robert L. Ripley : She never shows her face except to her own husband. Yet if a woman wants to flirt, not even a veiled face will stop her. In the Sudan, they use this method of curing a flirting wife. This lady made eyes at some other woman's husband. As a punishment, she had her eyes blinded. She was compelled to wear these patches over them for a month. Love is blind, after all.

• Robert L. Ripley : About one hundred years ago, during a time of depression - oh, yes, they have Depressions in Africa, too - this money was taken out and loaned to the people. And ever since, these three balls have been used a trademark of pawnbrokers the world over.

• Robert L. Ripley : Believe it or not, this is the blood-stained hole worn out in the pillar by the tongues of the faithful.