Ben Okri Quotes

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

Ben Okri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChangeStressWritingRoadLongOut

I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one.

John Elway

LostThreeNeverAlwaysMontanaGot

Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.

Jenny Zhang

HomeSchoolKaraokeConfinement

When I go in to see people - and I sell an occasional ad now - I never say, 'Help me because I am black' or 'Help me because I am a minority.' I always talk about what we can do for them.

John H. Johnson

I AmPeopleMeBlackHelpGo

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

John Engler

EducationSchoolChildParentMore

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

YearPlayGoWayThroughBass

Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.

Ruth Hubbard

ExperienceTheoryProphecyFramework

There was a lot of terrible, terrible comedy in the seventies along with 'Fawlty Towers.' It's easy to forget.

Robert Webb

ComedyEasyForgetSeventiesAlong

I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.

Miriam Margolyes

PositiveAttitudePositive Attitude

However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.

Jules Verne

LifeManStrongPrideShipRemember

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time.

Bob Seger

TimeMeRootsSongBetterYou

Privacy under what circumstance? Privacy at home under what circumstances? You have more privacy if everyone's illiterate, but you wouldn't really call that privacy. That's ignorance.

Bruce Sterling

HomeIgnoranceYouPrivacyMore

I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.

Alice Oswald

WorldLanguageWeirdOwnershipTry

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