Obafemi Awolowo Quotes

#1. The pleasures of mental agility are much overstated, inevitably - as it now appears to me - by those not exclusively dependent upon them.

Tony Judt

#2. Day dreaming is actually research for the next book.

Val Richards

#3. People are responsible for their own joy.

Rhonda Byrne

#4. Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French.' The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.

Obafemi Awolowo

#5. I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

Mel Brooks

#6. You can't make someone be your best friend.

Rosalind Wiseman

#7. Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes.

Obafemi Awolowo

#8. I may not be able to help you as much as I want, but I promise I will help you as much as I can.

Debasish Mridha

#9. Technology is permeating every single thing we do ... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future.

Marc Morial

#10. A writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator ...

John Geddes

#11. God, living is enormous!

Susan Sontag

#12. All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight harder.

Obafemi Awolowo

#13. It is safer and wiser to cure unhealthy rivalry than to suppress it.

Obafemi Awolowo

#14. Going through tough times is a wonderful thing, and everybody should try it. Once.

Donald Trump

#15. I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.

Scott Westerfeld

#16. If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

Dick Gregory

#17. After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no joy without its admixture of sorrow. Behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of prosperity. So, tear the mask!

Obafemi Awolowo

#18. Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in addition, we set a worthy example and a marat on pace in probity, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice, the people will follow, all too readily, in our footsteps.

Obafemi Awolowo

#19. The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.

Jonathan Swift