South africa Quotes · Page 3

I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.

— Imran Tahir

There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.

— Malcolm X

I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'

— John Ross Bowie

We can change South Africa on the rugby field

— Danie Craven

Captaining South Africa was definitely not one of my goals.

— AB de Villiers

“Jenny held her breath wondering whether her matzo would pass muster.”

— Adam Yamey

I feel like I know South Africans. I feel like I know our culture.

— Charlize Theron

Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.

— Nelson Mandela

We are incarcerating more people on a per capita basis in California than any country in the world other than South Africa…

— Rose Bird

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]

— Desmond Tutu

We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.

— Pratibha Patil

“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Though I drive in the valley of the shadow of death I fear no hijackers, but another fuel increase.”

— Nicholas Mhlongo

We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any…

— Julius Malema

When I was 12 years old, I got involved with an organization called Artists for a New South Africa. One of its…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I have eaten grasshoppers in Thailand, snails in France, ostrich in Australia, crocodile in South Africa and Polar Bear meat in Moscow.

— Chunky Pandey

I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and…

— John Kani

No other country in the world imprisons so many of its racial or ethnic minorities. The United States imprisons a larger percentage…

— Michelle Alexander

There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an…

— Laila Lalami

The issue of racism and racial prejudice. It is very, very difficult to discuss. It is difficult to discuss the issue of…

— Thabo Mbeki

“We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone…

— Nelson Mandela

The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can…

— Helen Zille

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela announced Tuesday he will begin writing his autobiography. He spent 25 years in prison before being…

— Argus Hamilton

“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his…

— Jamie Sives

“Stuff and nonsense: you must regard this deviation from your plan as part of the adventure that you sought when you decided…

— Adam Yamey

Those who professed themselves unable to believe in the reality of human progress ought to cheer themselves up, as the students under…

— Kingsley Amis

“His day is done. Is done. The news came on the wings of a wind, reluctant to carry its burden. Nelson Mandela’s…

— Maya Angelou

Read non-fiction. History, biology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology. Get a bodyguard and do fieldwork. Find your inner fish. Don't publish too soon. Not…

— Marlene van Niekerk

“Our neighbor, Hugo du Toit, was a very handsome Afrikaner, who, with his two sisters, was a close friend of Louis Botha,…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise

My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew…

— William Kentridge

The role that Cuba played and the lives of those 2,077 Cubans, whose mothers and families mourn for having lost their children…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

I was held up at gunpoint a month after I won Miss South Africa.

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

When I get a chance to play in South Africa, I will try to do well.

— Ravindra Jadeja

I've played all over the world. I've played in England, South Africa, Pakistan.

— Imran Tahir

I would love to win a trophy for South Africa in white ball cricket.

— Dale Steyn

It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.

— Helen Suzman

I've travelled a lot so I've been to South Africa before and it's beautiful.

— Hafthor Bjornsson

I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

“Some people will hate you for not loving them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana