Chris Ofili Quotes

I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves.

Chris Ofili

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 10, 1968

Topics

HopePeopleMeBlackSomeoneLook

Domesticated males aren't much use for adventure.

Jim Elliot

AdventureMuchUseDomesticated

I tried to reject everything I knew as a TV writer when I decided to be a novelist, and the books didn't work. Finally I realized I should go back to all the techniques I'd learned.

Robert Crais

WorkBackGoEverythingBooksTried

It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion.

Roma Downey

MoneyTraditionYouFirstCommunion

I'm a science goober.

Mary Roach

Science

A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it.

Missy Elliott

WalkPeopleSongDownStreetListen

Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.

Lisa Murkowski

BelieveKnowNiceGuyMostHe

People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

Joss Stone

PeopleGrowFindOkayDifficult

The hair is part of my image, part of my persona. And the hair is no accident: I have to gel it vertical every single morning.

Brian Grazer

MorningHairSingleImageVertical

Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his energies to work and not imagine himself a martyr to art.

Alma Gluck

WorkArtLiteratureStudentWill

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.

Alicia Sacramone

MindBetterGoWantWayFinish

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.

Willie Stargell

WorkManFunYouPlayKnow

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

William Penn

LoveChildrenWifeManAuthority

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