Mabanckou Alain Quotes & Sayings

O take me from the busy crowd,
I cannot bear the noise!
For Nature's voice is never loud;
I seek for quiet joys.
The book I love is everywhere,
And not in idle words;
The book I love is known to all,
And better lore affords. — John Clare

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win. — John McCain

I'm nothing, I'm everything,' he declared. 'The street is my mother. The sun is my father. What more should I ask of life? — Alain Mabanckou

We're building our own fucking cubicles. — Thor Benson

it would be fairer to say I have traveled widely, without ever leaving my own native soil, I've traveled, one might say, through literature, each time I've opened a book the pages echoed with a noise like the dip of a paddle in midstream, and throughout my odyssey I never crossed a single border, and so never had to produce a passport, I'd just pick a destination at random, setting my prejudices firmly to one side, and be welcomed with open arms in places swarming with weird and wonderful characters — Alain Mabanckou

If you close your eyes, you get to control your own darkness. — Melina Marchetta

CGI has a lot of backlash now. I think it's just because there are so many people doing it. It's a tool and it's only as good as the people behind it. — Rick Baker

The reality of today from a cyber security point of view - I think some of the top people predict that the next big war is fought on cyber security. — Tim Cook

It Is Impossible For Anyone To Live Independently Of The Kingdom Of God And Be Truly Happy — Sunday Adelaja

I just said yes to opportunities that came my way. — Isabel Lucas

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key. — Nick Jonas

I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation. — Margaret Thatcher

on a task usually also want the authority — Darian Rodriguez Heyman

I finally understand what a dickie-do is. Your gut does stick out more than your dickie do.
Regin — Kresley Cole

What hurts the soul
My soul adores — W.B.Yeats