The worth of a child born and bred in Nigeria cannot be compared to that in the United States.

The trouble with military rule is that every colonel or general is soon full of ambition. The navy takes over today and the army tomorrow.

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended

a good friendship is beneficial to both, a bought friend is a free enemy that no one can afford.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines.

Never befuddle a solitary thrashing with a last annihilation.

The choking humidity makes amphibians of us all, in Bombay, breathing water in air; you learn to live with it, and you learn to like it, or you leave.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.

The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the terrorists try to take over.

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

Potentially evil. Potentially good, too, I suppose. Just this huge powerful potentiality waiting to be shaped.

MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood.

Remember that poise and power are inseparably associated. The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.