Kourouma African Quotes & Sayings

If I don't get a girlfriend soon (number one on the list) I may have to resort to drastic measures like surgery (me) or hypnosis (them). — J.A. Buckle

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas. — Czeslaw Milosz

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. — Joseph Addison

Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer. Go the edge, that edge you've been holding back from ... and do it today. Without waiting for the committee or your boss or the market. Just go. — Seth Godin

A person doesn't die when he should but when he can. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Your love of glory must conquer your will to survive; or why fight at all? Why not be a smith, a brewer, a wool merchant? Why are you in the contest, if not to win, and if not to win, then to die? — Hilary Mantel

Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body. — Gichin Funakoshi

Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to jump in the volcano. Pontiff, don't think of it as endorsing paganism, think of it as supersizing Ash Wednesday. — Bill Maher

When water gets caught in habitual whirlpools, dig a way out through the bottom of the ocean. — Rumi

I now know how your anger
came from skeletons
that rattled in your heart
and you couldn't escape them. — Susie Clevenger

I clicked on the link, which showed a picture of a reed-thin blond woman with an artfully tousled chignon smiling as she stood — Jojo Moyes

Lo, as I gaze, the statured man,
Built up from you large hand appears:
A type that nature wills to plan
But once in all a people's years. — Edmund Clarence Stedman

Healing comes when we choose to walk away from darkness and move towards a brighter light. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf