A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Be the person you really are and not the person you'e allowed yourself to become, " Kate said to Nikki. From 'Life Song

As my creator, God knows better than I do what will truly make me happy.

Change the narrative, change the laws.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

I may not have been very tall or very athletic, but the one thing I did have was the most effective backside in world rugby.

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days.

Hip-hop is bigger than the South, hip-hop is bigger than New York.

In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.

We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world.