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“When will you learn to see. When will you learn to take sides.” – The final lines of Marat/Sade. |
29 October, 2011
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“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” – Shakespeare (As You Like It) as quoted by Don King in Kinshasa, Zaire 1974. |
13 October, 2011
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“Attempt great things for God.” – Written in a pew at Westminster Abbey. |
25 September, 2011
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Ìyàwó àkófé kì í rá’hùn okó, òkèlè àkóbù kì í rá’hùn obè (A man’s first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce)
– a Yoruba saying |
18 September, 2011
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“The devil you know is better than the angel you don’t.” – A common Liberian saying. |
3 September, 2011
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“Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop.” – a common West African saying often meaning the poor they work, the rich they enjoy. |
27 August, 2011
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“I am the man, I suffered, I was there.” – Walt Whitman as quoted by James Baldwin. |
20 August, 2011
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“If a naked man offers to give you clothes, look at him first and judge whether he is really telling the truth.” – A familiar Akan (Ghanian) saying. |
15 August, 2011
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“A have a large ball of shit that is getting bigger and bigger and is chasing me down the hill.” – Rough translation of a common Afrikaner saying. |
7 August, 2011
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“The fox who chases two rabbits starves.” – A mining executive with whom I work. |