It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. … - Chinua Achebe - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

In the beginning Man created God: and in the image of Man created he him.

Popular Topics

Gossip, Funny, Success, Butterfly, Inspirational Life, Dream, Jesus, Lifetime, Life Is Like, Poor, Alien, Mother'S Day, Think, Lives, Important, Living My Life, Culture, Leadership, Passive, Religion, House, Beauty, Surprised, Quite, Worry, Stage, Goodbye, Amazing Music, Future, Inspiration, Songs, Happy, Comfortable, Hope, Looking For Love, Adventure, Like, Love You, Food, Difference, Period, Kindness, World, Involve, Nice, Kindly, Wisdom, Diamond, I Miss You, Excellent

Chinua Achebe

It is not quite true to say that I am not an advocate of writing in African languages. What I think is, one has to think about what is practicable.

Advocate, Language, Practicable, Say, Thinking, Writing

Same Author Quotes

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.

Come, Home, Man, Men, Moon

To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness that oppression exists, an awareness that the victim has fallen from a great height of glory or promise into the present depths; secondly, the victim must know who the enemy is. He must know his oppressor's real name, not an alias, a pseudonym, or a nom de plume!

Know, Mean, Promise, Real, Two, Victim

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

Fool, Men, Peace, Sake, Thinking, Thought Provoking

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Glorify, Historian, Historians, Hunters, Lions, Proverb

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

Needs, Nobody, Parts, Teach, Thought Provoking, Who I Am

Similar Quotes

Charlotte Gray

Music is the voice of all humanity, of whatever time or place. In its presence, we are one.

Humanity, Music Is, Presence, Time, Voice

Pema Chodron

Pema Chodron

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment. We feel that someone else knows what is going on, but that there is something missing in us, and therefore something is lacking in our world.

Feelings, Hope, Lack, Missing, Our World, Present

Michael Johnson

The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.

Motivational, Success, Fighting, Street, Way, Deny

Jethro Tull

In the beginning Man created God: and in the image of Man created he him.

Atheist, God, Image, Inspirational, Man, Motivational

Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour

I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label.

Age, Like, Old, People, Sort, Thinking