Nipsey Quotes & Sayings

I think we should have more coffeehouses, more cafes, more "third places." More places where people can get together that's not work, not home, and where they can interact with people who are different from them. — Eric Weiner

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. But as I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family, my aunties, grandparents, is in Africa. — Nipsey Hussle

If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you're gonna pick up a rag and start bangin', and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you're a man? That's cool, do your thing. — Nipsey Hussle

I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He's done it successfully and has still been able to balance it. — Nipsey Hussle

I didn't wanna be looked at as no idiot, and I didn't wanna feel like I was uneducated, because I really stopped going to school at 15. I was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit. — Nipsey Hussle

[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it. — Nipsey Hussle

In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them. — Shulamith Firestone

If you want to be a leader, go lead — Seth Godin

I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been. — Nipsey Russell

When you find a best friend, you become two flowers blooming from the same bud. — Debasish Mridha

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade! — Jill Scott

On a mission your worst enemy is idle time. — Nipsey Hussle

Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield. — Howard Rheingold

A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It's just that they're a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it's real hard for 'em. — Nipsey Hussle

The purpose of education is turn inquisitive young minds into rule-followers — U.S. Dept. Of Fear

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce. — Nipsey Hussle

The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War',
and I'm beginning to think they're right.
For war costs millions of dollars a day,
and love
just a few bucks a night! — Nipsey Russell

I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to. — Nipsey Hussle

The heart that loves the wicked ego creates the hated enemy. — Masanobu Fukuoka

My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God. — Nipsey Hussle

Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean? — Nipsey Russell

If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together. — Nipsey Hussle

Well? I've had a great birthday so far. Are you going to make it the most memorable one of my life by telling me you love me back?"
~Isaiah Coulter — Catherine Anderson

Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I start with the joke line and write backward. — Nipsey Russell

I'm more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything. — Nipsey Hussle

She had shrieked and shrieked for her mother, but her mother was already there. Her mother was the monster. — Holly Black

If you owe too much on American Express,
and your Diner's Club notes are too hard,
take a loan on your Visa,
and pay it off with your MasterCard! — Nipsey Russell

All the smart money got they bets on me / And all the real niggas wish the best for me — Nipsey Hussle