Mobutu Quotes

#1. But most people will draw their own conclusions on learning that the dictator's official name, Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, translates as 'the cock who goes from hen to hen knowing no fatigue'.

Jonathan Margolis

#2. Africa's downfall has always been the cult of the personality. And their names always seem to begin with M. We've had Mobutu and Mengistu and I'm not going to add Meles to the list.

Mengistu Haile Mariam

#3. Ill equipped leaders produces ill equipped people

Ikechukwu Joseph

#4. Developing spirituality is critical to our eternal progress. The fruits of eternal progress are manifest in joy, peace, love, hope, increased confidence in the Lord.

Elaine L. Jack

#5. If you let me teach you not to end a sentence with a preposition, Edgar thought, I will save your life.

Don DeLillo

#6. Go hug a nursing mom -- but not too hard. Her boobs may hurt.

Cassi Clark

#7. The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad.

Mobutu Sese Seko

#8. All I have are the people.

Bill Bradley

#9. Getting closer to someone doesn't necessarily clarify anything. It's like staring at an electron micrograph. You're closer but nothing's any simpler.

Sonja Yoerg

#10. If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .

Richard P. Feynman

#11. I no longer have a borrowed soul. I no longer have borrowed thoughts or ideas. I no longer speak in a borrowed language.

Mobutu Sese Seko

#12. If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

Mobutu Sese Seko

#13. I can't just sit all day on the couch and expect the weight to come off. My goals are my new focus instead of food.

Graham Elliot

#14. I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.

Mobutu Sese Seko

#15. If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught.

Mobutu Sese Seko