Chris Abani Quotes

That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

Chris Abani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: December 27, 1966

Topics

WomenMenManThinkLossYoung

People will occasionally ask me if I understand what it's like to be lonely. And the truth is I don't, because for me, solitariness is a blessing, a gift. Me, I get on fine with myself.

John Burnside

TruthBlessingMyselfPeopleMe

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Angela Carter

AmbitionAppearancePersonWhere

You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations coming out of Washington.

Steve Daines

CommunitySmallYouWashingtonTalk

What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and do what has to be done to enjoy, stay alive, take pleasure in this place.

Spalding Gray

LogicEnjoyPlacePersonAliveNew

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

Siobhan Fahey

DepressionPeopleMeLaughKindOff

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

Mason Cooley

ImaginationRulesOnlyGuess

The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and also because it's subjective.

Martin Seligman

HappinessPeopleMeDifferent People

I don't like things I work on to have political didacticism - there are questions, but not messages.

Jonathan Nolan

WorkPoliticalQuestionsThingsLike

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

Don Herold

IntelligenceSmartYouProveThings

I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad.

Dominic Purcell

LoveMyselfMeImportantMoreOut

Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away.

Donald Judd

ArtNeverFragileAwayMostSome

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

Brent Scowcroft

GovernmentHelpSecurityNeedThem

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