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Wole Soyinka Quotes

Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: nigerian
Birth: July 13, 1934

Topics

Truth Writing Always Seek Been Who

I still get blokes who say, 'Oh you hate men, don't you?' And I say, 'No, I just hate you.' I really love doing that, just to see the look on their faces.

Love Hate Men Doing You Look

Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.

Joel Chandler Harris

Luck You Want Out Watch Getting

The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from your family. Your family can seem normal because it is your family and all you know, but in fact it is a mess.

Family World You Know Mess Out

Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.

Good Posing Modeling Being Like

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Stephen Spender

Great Poetry Go Beyond Always He

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and are forging a path that we hope more will follow.

Success Hope Path Africa Follow

I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

Death Promises Performance Looking

I much prefer being told off by Brendan Rodgers than by my wife. Brendan is more careful than my wife with what he says.

Wife More Being Off Careful He

My parents moved from ranch to ranch, valley to valley, town to town, but our roots in Fowler never really faded. For me, it's a place of history, stories and songs, not just facts and figures.

Juan Felipe Herrera

History Parents Me Roots Facts Just

Tons of musicians who I love are imprisoned by their identity. That can be totally fine because they are so amazing in their technique, but for me, I'm a little too restless for that.

Love Identity Amazing Me Musicians

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

Me Weird Heaven Focused Project

There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.

Truth Singing End Way In The End

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