"All our loves are first loves."

“As I get older, I just prefer to knit.”

Source : Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.newsweek.com. September 19, 2004.

“But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.”

Source : Interview with George Saunders, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 27, 2016.

“They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements.”

“I do hope after my crossing that more people will follow suit.”

“I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.”

“The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.”

Source : Florence Littauer (2001). “It Takes So Little to Be Above Average”, Harvest House Pub

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no state, because the state arose as an instrument to be used by a particular class to control the rest of society in its own interests.”

Source : Walter Rodney (2012). “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”, p.47, Fahamu/Pambazuka