Chinua Achebe Quotes

But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Topics

LovePassionHeartBeautifulPoetry

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

Jodie Foster

YoungGetLikeDakotaFanning

It was a simple question any employee should ask: 'Oh and by the way, how do I get my health insurance to be seamless?'

Andrew P. Harris

HealthSimpleInsuranceWayEmployee

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Rob Lowe

SuccessAttentionAlwaysReminisce

They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again.

Ronnie Wood

CoffeeDayYouSmokeSayDrink

In economies with excess productive capacity, targeted investment can yield a double benefit, generating short-run demand and boosting growth and productivity thereafter.

Michael Spence

GrowthInvestmentDoubleProductivity

Yoga is not a religion to me.

Christy Turlington

ReligionMeYoga

I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.

Bonnie McKee

MusicAlwaysThroughThreadRunning

As someone who loves being on the field with his teammates, it's hard to hear that you're not going to be the one playing.

Brock Osweiler

SomeoneYouTeammatesHardGoing

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

Woody Allen

TogetherLionLieSleepDownGet

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

Susanne Bier

TeacherGreatChildParentsShape

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going.

Sean Connery

LifeTimeBestMovingWorldForward

We live in a twilight sort of world where, unfortunately, the perception of the seriousness of abortion - has grown progressively obscured in the minds of many of our contemporaries.

Sean Brady

LiveWorldPerceptionAbortionMinds

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