Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes

A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.

A writer's pen depreciates with every word that it writes. Whereas she appreciates with every word that she writes.

A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.

There are more writers who read than readers who write.

To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.

When rich, being poor seems *adventurous.*

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

Everybody is talking about the Law of Attraction. Nobody is talking about the Law of Action.

Speaking about work isn’t working.

Happiness is a temporary recurring human experience.

A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from.

Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling.

You are. Before you are whatever you are labeled.

Contrary to popular belief, some animals would not have each chosen to be a human being, if they were given the choice between being what they are and being human.

We are all born agnostics. Atheism and theism is sold to us.

Thanks to arranged marriages: There are countless women who have never been their husband's girlfriend.

A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites.

To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat.

An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.

You don’t tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man.

To leave a man's ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet.

A tapping foot isn’t the best a listener can get from a song: A good song makes a listener dance. A great song makes him think.

Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks.

Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known.

Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold.

Politics and Sport were invented to give unknowledgeable people an opportunity to share their knowledge.

To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable.

A straight face is an ignorant man’s attempt to appear knowledgeable.

How much man likes or hates a person or a thing is dependent on how much he knows or does not know about the person or the thing.

Not all truths hurt. And not all that is hurtful is truthful.

To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at your funeral.

12% of employees eat because they are hungry. 88% of employees eat because it is 1 o’clock.

A healthy man watched what he ate. An intelligent man watched what he watched.

Eating a salad (in public) is an overweight person’s attempt to appear in control.

Never judge the deeds of a starving man while you’re on a full tummy.

For good health, watch what you eat. For a good head, watch what you watch.

Sustainability is best illustrated by those who sell food … just so they afford something to eat.

Eating healthy is expensive. Not eating healthy is expensive. One dents your pocket. The other dents your health.

Air freshener is man’s pitiful attempt to have his food smell as good, after digestion, as they did, before ingestion.

Some kid asked what a dilemma is. And I replied: When a starving man has to choose between a plate of food, and, a roll of toilet paper.

Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.

He who says that someone isn’t himself is a victim of statistics.

An ID number is only there to 'identify' human beings. Use it to assume people’s intellect or wisdom at your own risk.

Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.

Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.

Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion.

If heaven really exists: then, technically, living is an activity that believers keep themselves busy with — while they wait for their death.

In a society where women are truly equal to men, a kid bred by a theist mother and an atheist father is born an agnostic. In a patriarchal society, the kid is automatically an atheist.

I am against justice … whenever it is carried out by a mob.

If human beings were really progressive creatures, then all boys would be smarter, healthier, and, wealthier, than their grandfathers.