Cousin Okri Quotes & Sayings

Hollywood wanted a certain type of comic - that Def Jam comedy style of comic that was very loud, very brash, very much from the ghetto, had that sensibility. — Larry Wilmore

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. — Bill Cosby

As far as the hate, it makes me laugh. Everybody is a critic. Every critic I've ever had, they weren't wrestlers [laughs]. Every wrestler I've ever had critique me, they were always into my stuff or what I'm doing out there. For a non-wrestler, someone who doesn't even know how to lock up, and if we did lock up, they wouldn't know what to do, for them to critique any of us, it really does pop me. — Roman Reigns

Mine is not a smiling face. Strangers on the street always say, Smile! But my muscles do not naturally go there. — Hilary Thayer Hamann

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works. — John H. Gerstner

I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe. — Marie Of Romania

At about the age of ten, my friends and I discovered the joys of sitting in graveyards drinking merrydown cider and kissing and stealing our elder siblings' records. — Beth Orton

Discipline will take you far.
Wisdom will take you further.
Skill and character will take you the furthest. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Cigar smoking by it's very nature is much more reflective than interactive. — Michael Douglas

If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66) — Victor Hugo

Yeah, I'm over forty, flighty, and fluffy- I'd say I'm not ideal bouncer material. — Jen Lancaster

Music, love, death. Certainly a triangle of sorts; maybe even an eternal one.
"The only people who can see the whole picture," he murmured, "are the ones who step out of the frame." (The ground beneath her feet.) — Salman Rushdie

There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism. — Ani DiFranco

The fructose intake of the average American is currently close to 3 ounces (80 grams) a day. Our parents' generation, consuming just honey on their toast, far fewer processed foods, and a normal amount of fruit, took in no more than ½ to 1 ounce (only around 16 to 24 grams) a day. — Giulia Enders