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

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.

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.

I don't see why anybody should worry.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

When challenge and skills are in balance the activity is its own reward

I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'

...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less.

Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes.

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.

I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift.

I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life!

I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the fatherland before me. I follow now my sons - all for Germany.

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name.