Ben Okri Quotes

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

Ben Okri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FatherAdversityCourageMeGreatest

There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.

Jessica Simpson

TimeMyselfMeRelaxWritingThings

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

John Ashcroft

WaitHelpCrimeSomethingIdeaThen

Vaccination is the single most important step people can take to protect themselves from influenza.

Tom Frieden

StepPeopleImportantProtectSingle

Since Sabu was the first guy that I was in the ring with professionally, we have the longest history in my career, and also, we were like minded.

Rob Van Dam

HistoryCareerRingFirstGuyLike

Our European allies need to be able to buy our fuel, or they will fall to enemy domination.

Robert Zubrin

FallEnemyWillNeedBuyDomination

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

Jonathan Coe

WritingImpactYouMadGoYour

I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?

Jonathan Evison

BelieveYouKnowWantTryNeed

I don't go anywhere without a book by James Joyce called 'Finnegan's Wake.'

Johnny Depp

BookGoWithoutAnywhereWakeJames

If a doctor tells me, 'Hey, that's it, and this is how it is,' and I don't buy that, then I think I have the right to disagree with you.

Chris Bosh

MeDoctorThinkYouRightDisagree

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

Chris Patten

GrowthPoliticsGreenWorldStop

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari.

Bryan Ferry

GoodStarsGreatMoneyFootball

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately.

Bridgit Mendler

LifeGreatSongYouKindWhatever

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