"I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations."

-- Sefi Atta

#Kings Quotes #Play Quotes #Elements Quotes

“Itâ€™s easy to plant a seed and sprinkle it with water, but once the sun scorches the ground, and the earth soaks up all the moisture, youâ€™re left with nothing but a thirsty little flower trying desperately to make it out of the dirt.”
“Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.”
“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.”
“In life's orchestra, the bike is the double bass. Hard to forget it”

Source : Paul Fournel (2003). “Need for the Bike”, p.57, U of Nebraska Press
“This ain't a football game, we do this every day.”
“God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need.”
“It's a very, very tough market. So unless you do a really good job, you buy the right products from the manufacturers, you service the customer, they keep coming back, they bring their friends in, it's all about numbers, numbers, numbers.”
“When I think about political races, and certain consultants, the word that comes to mind is dirty. Dirty, dirty, DIRTY!”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

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