Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

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.

Time is a thief. A killer. Time is killing him.

Don't waste your time on beaming people up or down. Instead, consider gravity waves as advanced physics of the universe that could be used to travel interstellar distances.

Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs.

When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.

Life is too short to drink the house wine.

When you've seen all of Ionesco's plays, I felt at the end, you've seen one of them.

For those without money, the road to the treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies.

Hell is very likely to be modernization infinitely extended.

I wouldn't make a connection between the daily news and volcanoes.