Quotes About Yoruba

#1. A religious person without no job is a dead person. (Iigbagbo ti koni ise oku ni. - Yoruba proverb)

Habeeb Akande

#2. My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

John Boyega

#3. I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

#4. Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer.

Teju Cole

#5. The Yoruba say 'o d'oju ala' when someone dies. I will see you in dreams.

Tade Thompson

#6. That huge majority of black folks who identify as Christian or as believers in other religious faiths (Islam, Buddhism, Yoruba, and so on) need to return to sacred writings about love and embrace these as guides showing us the way to lead our lives.

Bell Hooks

#7. The Yoruba religion is the science of allowing God to flow through you, so that each breath becomes a prayer, and as God breathes, you breathe.

Tobe Melora Correal

#8. How do I stay balanced? On my two feet.

Guy Burnet

#9. The reason why Christ is unknown today is because His Mother is unknown.

John Henry Newman

#10. Soviet authorities had long feared copiers. At its most basic, the machine helped spread information, and strict control of information was central to the Communist Party's grip on power. In most offices, photocopy machines were kept under lock and key.

David E. Hoffman

#11. I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker ... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

Michelle Pfeiffer

#12. When I see a man or woman alone, he or she looks mysterious to me, which is only to say that for a moment I see another human being clearly.

Marilynne Robinson

#13. Passion is what drives me forward. Passion is what makes me go to bed at 2am and wake up at 6am.

Aliko Dangote

#14. Obscurity often brings safety.

Aesop

#15. Olofi made Oya ... and then he realized he'd done and quickly made Oshun.

Karen E. Quinones Miller