Ben Okri Quotes

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

Ben Okri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: March 15, 1959

Topics

DoingAttentionAwayCommonMagician

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

Maya Lin

ArtArchitecturePeopleMeLooking

Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.

Megan Smith

InnovationGreatPersonalHumanOut

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

Anna Freud

MotherChildrenFeelEmotionsLost

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

John Yoo

FutureActionSurpriseGoalMeans

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Sparky Anderson

ManagerWayNeverPlayersMake

If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.

Mary Roach

FutureBodyPersonWillWayHuman

I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.

Jonathan Ames

ChildPlayGamesUpPlayingLike

If fans come up to me, I talk to them.

Chester Bennington

MeTalkUpFansComeThem

We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror.

Condoleezza Rice

WorkTogetherFightWillAgainst

I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

Conor Oberst

LoveLove IsMomThinkKnowReason

I feel Motown really exploited me.

Brenda Holloway

MeFeelMotownI FeelExploited

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

Bob Schieffer

JobThinkYouJournalismWhereCome

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