People Quote by Nnedi Okorafor Download Open image “Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.” — Nnedi Okorafor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare People
The supreme form of cursedness is for the Lord to turn His back on you and bring judgment on you. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“And then sometimes it comes over me and I wonder why it happened to us. We’re plain as salt, us Tucks. We don’t deserve no blessings—if it is a blessing. And, likewise, I don’t see how we deserve to be cursed, if it’s a curse. Still—there’s no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share
Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ. — James Madison Copy Share Image
I don't believe a thing about a curse. I don't understand how we can talk about a curse. You have to remember, God is… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
Isn't it funny how something that will later be a blessing can be a curse if you get it too soon. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I think that things like curses or whatever - those labels - come from belief systems, universal belief systems. So when you get a global consciousness of something, then that becomes a quote-unquote "truth" for everybody. You know, "This is what happens in the Kennedy family." "This is what happens with the Hemingways." And the more people believe in it,… — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share
You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it — Armand Assante Copy Share Image
...there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes -they are the masters of their own fate. — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
“Are they a secret part of the American government or a powerful private corporation? Is there a difference? To me, it doesn’t matter. It’s… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“When you face your deepest fears, when you are ready,” she’d said. “Don’t turn away. Stand tall, endure, face them. If you get through… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are! — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“But deep down inside me, I wanted . . . I needed it. I couldn’t help but act on it. The urge was so… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective. — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Sunny nodded. But her mind was not on the problems of the black African diaspora. She was thinking about what it was going to… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“Do you want to do this?” she asked. “Do I need to?” “Hmm. You’re still ashamed of what you are.” — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
“But I hoped he couldn’t read my mind. No one needed to know that. Not even him. He chuckled, again. “That is to be… — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the rack, the thumb-screw, the stake, the persecutions of witchcraft, the whipping of naked women through the streets of Boston, banishment, trials of heresy, the halter about Garrison's neck, Lovejoy's death, the branding of Captain Walker, shouts… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
