The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs and employ their peers and employ other people.

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.

I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.

Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.

Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

Wolfman clears everything off the table except his gun. That he keeps close at hand. There is a sense of ceremony about his actions. My stomach tightens up. We are about to begin.

He may take long walksin the raining darkalmost aimlesslyto a spot of soaked grassin a neighbor’s open field.He’s decided this is the placefor you and him to meet again.

It's not the content, but the form of thought that counts.

Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.

I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not.

Once you have access to the source of creation within you, your health and wellbeing will naturally be taken care of.

Watch out, I have a large, very large fur, with which I could cover you up entirely, and I have a mind to catch you in it as in a net.

It's better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk.

It's some chopped liver. That's Jewish soul food.

Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.