Facts are only tools to gain control over yourself and other people. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey,… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You have to use what you have in order to get what you need and the people can not be rich unless… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Writing is a conversation with reading; a dialogue with thinking. All conversations with older people contain repetition. Some of the ideas mean… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked... . We as black people, we as… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Storytelling is how history is passed. It's what our ancestors did, it's what everybody's done. It has to come back into a… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I knew Stokely [Carmichael] and them, but when you got to that, you saw that Nina Simone started to take up their… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I like what they're doing. I think they're doing a good job, and I know that a lot of people are upset… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am a big fan of the electronic book. I hate to see the old bookstores close, but they have to reinvent… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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![“I knew Stokely [Carmichael] and them, but when you got to that, you saw that Nina Simone started to take up their burden. She started to preach for them. She was taking on the burden of "I want to tell the people."” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d59/nikki-giovanni-1757_burden_i-knew-stokely-carmichael-and-them-but-w_1220940.jpg)
![“We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things…” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d9/nikki-giovanni-1757_battle_we-black-people-have-always-used-our-cre_3096037.jpg)
![“I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_nice_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.jpg)
![“[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27b/nikki-giovanni-1757_add_to-become-a-poet-the-most-important-thin_189198.jpg)
