Oluwafemi Owodunni Quotes & Sayings

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself. — Ignatius Of Antioch

I think I would not hold one in slavery at any rate, yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. — Assata Shakur

I almost trust her to burn the bridges while standing at the cliff herself. She hardly agrees to be on the same page as others, either ahead of all or all in a different book. — Parul Wadhwa

Would you like to try some cocaine?" Freud offered, "I think you will find it picks you up quite nicely."
"No thanks," God declined, holding his soft hands up to show his resistance. — Dylan Callens

I'd prefer 'be strong' than 'don't worry'. — Toba Beta

Simi? What was it you told me once about families?
We have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life. — Chang-rae Lee

If I were going to put my money on it, I would bet that by 2050 - hopefully earlier - we'll have found that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by infection. — Paul W. Ewald

You are full of shit, Sawyer O'Donnell. I believe that you invented the Blarney Stone instead of kissed it. — Carolyn Brown

Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it? — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return. — Simone De Beauvoir

Many people are born into their religion. For them it is mostly a matter of legacy and convenience. Their belief is based on faith, not just in the teachings of the religion but also in the acceptance of that religion from their family and culture. For the person who converts, it is a matter of fierce conviction and defiance. Our belief is based on a combination of faith and logic because we need a powerful reason to abandon the traditions of our families and community to embrace beliefs foreign to both. Conversion is a risky business because it can result in losing family, friends and community support. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Greg crossed to me, his gaze moving in a slow, cherishing path over my features. "If you knew how I saw you, how I think of you, your ego would become unmanageable. — Penny Reid

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul. — Joseph Brodsky