Best Wole Soyinka Quotations
- England is the breeding ground of fundamentalist Muslims. Its social logic is to allow all religions to preach openly. But this is illogic, because none… All
- Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take… Adventure
- We Nigerians must reclaim our sovereignty, our civic entitlements. Civic
- The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together. Aggressiveness
- One has to confront history honestly. Confront
- I take friendship very seriously. Friendship
- An idyllic period of my existence was when I had a den attached to my home... a writing den, and no one had access to… Access
- A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts. Acts
- Some people think the Nobel Prize makes you bullet-proof. I never had that illusion. Bullet
- Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth. All
- No human is completely fearless. Completely
- Just like birds, hunters know no borders. Birds
- In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual. Craft
- Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. Art
- Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it,… Africa
- You always assume for some strange reason that you need three meals a day. Always Assume
- The Lagos of my childhood was a well-laid-out maritime city. Childhood
- The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices. Ability
- Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political… African
- Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land. Centered
- Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it… Asset
- No writer has a right to make that much money. Indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can. Assistance
- After the death of the sadistic dictator Gen. Sanni Abacha in 1998, Nigeria underwent a one-year transitional military administration headed by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who… Abacha
- Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation. Believe
- I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it. Grab
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