"One can change the small minds, but it is tad difficult to do it with the small heart whose soul is in small mind only."

“I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.”

“If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.”

“During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.”

“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.”

Source : "Five Questions with Hollywood Rookie Dayo Okeniyi on 'The Hunger Games'". Interview with Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. March 21, 2012.

“Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.”

“You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can.”

“What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the right of trial by jury in civil cases an important bulwark against tyranny and corruption, a safeguard too precious to be left to the whim of the sovereign, or, it might be added, to that of the judiciary.”

“I had classic technique - one of the best techniques when I was like 10, 12, but then I changed.”