Nikki Giovanni Quotes

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.

Nikki Giovanni

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 7, 1943

Topics

GrowYouSkinLeaveCustomersAgain

I mean that what makes me a professional, but the market itself has been fabulous during this whole period and I've got to give the market credit before I give myself credit.

Jim Cramer

MyselfMeCreditProfessionalMean

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

Anna Held

BelieveMarriagesHasty

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.

John Wozniak

MotherMeUniverseBadThings Happen

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

John Wooden

AmazingWoodsTigerMentalSomething

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

John Turturro

StarsThinkYouAggressiveAmbitious

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.

Amy Schumer

HumorValueDarkSayNothingAlways

I like working with Kenneth Branagh.

Stellan Skarsgard

WorkingLikeKenneth

I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system is somewhat odd and I'm not saying how much people should do, but we should all be part of the system.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

PeopleSayingPaySystemHalfOdd

I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too.

Tori Amos

TimeTiredSameGetSame ThingToo

I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

Trent Lott

RestProudProblemsCountryWant

I'm passionate about travel.

Jordana Spiro

TravelPassionateAbout

I'm really trying to stop setting my plays in this one fictional town in Vermont.

Annie Baker

TryingStopVermontTownSetting

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