"As our fathers said, you can tell a…" — Chinua Achebe

As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its… - Chinua Achebe

"As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe corn by its look."

— Chinua Achebe

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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe has 162 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to…
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we…
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it,…
I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…

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More Corn Quotes

This quote is filed under Corn Quotes, one of 312 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn. — William Bernbach
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched… — Roberto Benigni
Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon… — Mark Bittman
All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. — Lewis Black
The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy… — Lewis Black
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. — Anne Bronte
From cheesecake on a stick to meat skewers to deep-fried bananas on a stick - there are no plates anymore.… — Steve Carell
Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I… — Hugo Chavez
My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no… — Tori Amos
The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground. — Unknown Author
The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward… — Aldo Leopold

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