Africa Quotes · Page 20

In Africa, Temple Run is not just a game, its a life style.

— Kalle Amadou

I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time.

— Lauren Beukes

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.

— Susan Rice

You go to Africa, and you see how things are over there. Spiritually, it opens you up.

— Ghostface Killah

I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.

— Dana Perino

“We were children in struggle, of the sun in crimson soil.”

— Tsholofelo Lehaha

It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.

— Wangari Maathai

South Africa is really diverse, with many cultures and 11 official languages, so there are lots of different Christmas traditions.

— Oti Mabuse

If you know anything about Ethiopia, they are very security conscious, a very closed environment. It's a repressive place were journalists and…

— Ory Okolloh

“Father's always saying that South Africa must be one of the best countries in the world for surviving a zombie apocalypse,' Megan…

— Lily Herne

The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening…

— Wesley Clark

All over Africa, people are wearing what Americans once wore and no longer want. Visit the continent, and you'll find faded remnants…

— George Packer

South Africa, it's like the little asshole of the whole world - it's, like, the bottom. It's, like, in the dark depths…

— Watkin Tudor Jones

Look at South Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. They still have many problems, setbacks as well as breakthroughs,…

— Dalai Lama

“Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion and kindness.”

— Paul Oxton

It was a book [George Packer written on our presence in Nigeria] that was killed by the response of other people. Which…

— Rem Koolhaas

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is…

— Liya Kebede

When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or…

— Djimon Hounsou

“Africa. That bird came from Africa. But you mustn't cry for that bird, Paulie, because after a while it forgot about how…

— Stephen King

I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa…

— F. W. de Klerk

Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries.…

— Jeffrey Sachs

I think Africa is slowly learning - and painfully - that importance of insisting on responsible leadership. It will come eventually, and…

— Chinua Achebe

South Africa has been building ties to countries and actors that undermine America's national security and threaten our way of life through…

— John E. James

The main difference between other mines is health and safety.

— Renatus Nsangano

Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand.

— V. S. Naipaul

“Moer and more he is convinced that English is an unfit medium for the truth in South Africa.”

— J.M. Coetzee

Europe must not distance itself from Africa's universal ambitions.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

“Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

— George Ayittey

There is MaKhumalo as she sweeps the street of a famous Township somewhere in South Africa.

— Mfumo Bamuza

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

— Malcolm X

The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated.

— Winnie Byanyima

My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are,

— Hugh Masekela

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

— Wole Soyinka

“Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.”

— Volunteer 4 Africa

In Africa, in general, when a lot of young boys start playing football they don't start with boots.

— Victor Wanyama

We all have to acknowledge a simple fact: Africa is growing.

— Miroslav Lajcak

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.

— Alice Walker

Zamajobe is great. She's a terrific singer from South Africa.

— Lee Ritenour