Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

Because gender can be uncomfortable, there are easy ways to close this conversation. Some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how female apes bow to male apes - that sort of thing. But the point is this: we are not apes. Apes also live in trees and eat earthworms. We do not.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LivePeopleTreesUncomfortableEasy

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Robert Green Ingersoll

HeartCourageLosingEarthDefeat

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

PeopleMeMoreTaxesPayIncome

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Meryl Streep

EarthAheadSeeRoundWellFar

Why does the American cyberindustry have a thing for Indians?

Amitava Kumar

AmericanWhyIndiansDoesThing

My mom's cooking was all about comfort, flavor, and plenty of butter. It was so hearty.

Sonoya Mizuno

CookingMomComfortFlavorButter

I can remember when President Nixon basically said, 'All troops have been withdrawn from the delta.' And I said, 'Wait, I'm still here.'

Rodney Frelinghuysen

WaitRememberI CanSaidPresident

What I find sexy is when someone's having fun and able to look right back at you.

Rosamund Pike

FunHaving FunSexySomeoneLook

I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've actually had a teenage character in almost every adult novel that I've written.

Michelle Gagnon

FriendCharacterMeDoingNeverOut

I'm pretty omnivorous - in fact, I don't think of books in terms of genres. J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' books are no more Y.A. reading, to me, than John le Carre's 'Smiley' novels are spy stories.

Michiko Kakutani

MeReadingThinkMoreSpyPretty

It might surprise people to know that the person who convinced me to write the third memoir - 'The Hardcore Diaries' - was actually Vince McMahon.

Mick Foley

PeopleMeSurprisePersonKnowWho

I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.

Janet Varney

FearTruthBelieveTruth IsTools

The bow tie started off with one of my friends, Kunta Littlejohn. He said if you want to be anybody, you've got to rock the bow tie. I dismissed it at first, but later he told me he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, so I decided to wear the bow tie to support him. And as he got better, I came to learn the power of the bow tie.

Dhani Jones

PowerSupportMeBetterLearnYou

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