Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Provide him food, he will eat and then sing for you. He’s a smart boy

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

To feed our people we must first feed our soil

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

The power of beauty may move more than a heart. Beauty can move heaven and earth.

As long as one keeps searching the answers come.

The driver knows how much the ox can carry and keeps the ox from being overloaded. You know your way and your state of mind. Do not carry too much.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

The key, I suppose, has less to do with insight than with willingness, the former being relatively useless without the latter.

Many leaders don't listen, and it is one of the greatest methods we have of learning. You need to listen to those under your supervision and to those who are above you.

If you would have a successful life, less and less try to make things happen and more and more just let things happen.

I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.

I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour.