Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

I think that because human difference for so long, in all its various forms, has been the root of so much oppression, sometimes there's the impulse to say let's deny the difference, as though by wishing away the difference we can then wish away the oppression.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkWishLongSometimesSayHuman

If you're afraid of inflation, I think - and if you can bring yourself to have a long horizon - and when I say long, I mean ten to 20 years, not the usual ten to 20 weeks - that locking up resources in the ground is a terrific idea.

Jeremy Grantham

YourselfThinkHorizonLongYouSay

I've seen many of those brand collaborations where, basically, the only point is sticking on a Gucci sticker. That degrades good brands.

Jens Martin Skibsted

GoodBrandGucciPointSeenWhere

As a child, I was as intrigued by the Evil Queen as I was charmed by Snow White.

Stephane Rolland

SnowQueenChildEvilWhiteCharmed

I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

LovePeopleMeWorldNowOver

We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.

Solange Knowles

EducationWorldRealOutLifetime

Losing sucks. I don't think most people understand how bad it feels.

Tony La Russa

LosingPeopleThinkBadUnderstand

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

Roger Ebert

PeopleThinkPrejudiceMoreReason

In skateboarding, you're never bigger than the streets.

Rob Dyrdek

YouNeverSkateboardingBiggerThan

If the Italian is the most passionate lover in the world, it may be because he is the most restrained. Rigid convention denies him all contact with the lovelier girls, who never are free from chaperons.

Rudolph Valentino

WorldFreeNeverPassionateContact

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.

Cornelia Funke

PlanWriteDragonRiderSequel

We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them God. We only thus create an ideal figure, a purified, ennobled, 'magnified' Man.

Annie Besant

GodManSpaceCreateProjectRight

I need to create an environment where I can be my best self, and that means being unapologetic about saying no to things that don't serve me or move me closer to my purpose and the things that I care about the most.

Alicia Garza

BestPurposeMeSayingCareSelf

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie