Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: September 15, 1977

Topics

LeadershipFailureFishingPeopleMe

I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.

Andra Day

SchoolSingingPerformanceChurch

White Americans believe we've made more progress since the end of slavery in 1865 than do black Americans for whom '12 Years a Slave' documents a collective memory, passed down in the genes and by the lore of generations.

Steve Erickson

ProgressMemorySlaveryBelieveEnd

It's like everything in your life is wonderful, but you have so much wonderful - this is all going to sound horrible - but when you have so much wonderful, it isn't wonderful because you don't actually have time to enjoy it.

Tom Ford

LifeTimeEnjoyYouSoundGoing

Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.

Lucio Tan

SometimesSetbacksWillMoreBitter

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Desmond Tutu

HistoryElephantAppreciateInjustice

Flair was a tricky guy to work with when I worked with Ric. When he was champion, we had much better matches, and the moment the title got switched, we seemed to screw up my match every night.

Bret Hart

WorkMomentNightChampionBetter

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

Philip Johnson

TodayMoneyPeoplePrideBuildWhy

Cher and I didn't get along that well.

Peter Bogdanovich

WellAlongGet

I enjoy talking about politics a great deal.

Seth Meyers

GreatPoliticsTalkingEnjoyDeal

When placed in command, take charge.

Norman Schwarzkopf

LeadershipTakeChargeCommand

I'm a theorist, not an institutionalist.

Myron Scholes

Theorist

I was trained as a fine artist. I went to a progressive public school in Pennsylvania that developed these talents, but I was never able to apply to a decent college because I had no math, no science - I was allowed to just paint all day and write.

Lynda Resnick

ScienceDaySchoolCollegeArtist

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