Ishmael Beah Quotes

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: November 23, 1980

Topics

GodBelieveTraditionI BelieveGods

You know what my job is? I'm Mrs. Garrett from 'Facts of Life.'

Jennifer Konner

LifeJobFactsYouKnowMrs

Sometimes I feel like the best role models and the people you should look up to most are the people who make mistakes because they show you how to overcome them and walk through that mistake with integrity and grace.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

IntegrityBestWalkMistakesGrace

After 1957, Israel had to wait 10 full years for its flag to fly again over that liberated portion of the homeland.

Menachem Begin

WaitFlyFlagOverYearsIsrael

I wanted to write in film or something like that. I thought acting was an embarrassing thing to say you wanted to do, especially when you're young. It seemed really uncool.

Max Minghella

ThoughtYouActingYoungSayWrite

I grew up on an organic farm in England. And I was a vegetarian from an early age - not just for health, not for the environment - just because I didn't believe in killing animals to eat them.

Stella McCartney

AgeHealthBelieveFarmEarlyEat

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

Steven Gerrard

HomeFeelKnowWayListenFans

When you have children, you can't say you're not interested in money.

Sloan Wilson

ChildrenMoneyYouSayInterested

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.

Martin Van Buren

GoodFaithPerformanceUnitedLike

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

Lucy Powell

GrowthFaithLossLongProsperity

All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay Area allows for immediate access to wonderful natural environs. Basically nature is my Genus Loci, or the place where my spirit resides.

Judith Anderson

WorkNatureEnvironmentPlaceLiving

If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

LifeMyselfValueMy LifeFriends

My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two more bestselling novels.

Ashwin Sanghi

WorkAdventureMoreTwoUpLists

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