Top 307 Quotes & Sayings by Ghanaian Authors - Page 3

I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all.

Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran.

As a child, I always wanted to come to the Premier League, so when I made the move, I was very happy. Chelsea were on the up - they were doing really good - so I was very excited, and in the end, everything went well here for me.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

The New Day is all about the group, and that's the way it's gonna be... We ain't going nowhere but to the top. And if we going to the top, we're going together.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

I think it is not just the U.N. speaking, but the concept of a third party, a third party to a conflict speaking out. You know, sometimes saying, 'Stop, this is enough. This cannot be allowed to happen,' gives the victims and the people who are caught in that situation courage, encouragement, support.

I'm a man of few words. I don't really like talking.

What I'm trying to do is reinvent what the face of a champion looks like. I'm out there trying to represent for the people who question whether they can become a champion or not.

If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

When I was little, my dream was to come and play in the Premier League. So when Chelsea came in, I said yes straight away.

That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening.

Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets.

People are entitled to their own opinion as far as what a WWE Champion should be, but the fact is that I am WWE Champion and that's a fact. It is what it is.

Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.

As a kid, I always wanted to play in Europe.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

It wasn't until I got my first son that I wasn't really able to play video games because when you have a child at home, there are infinite other things you should be doing.

I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist.

I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

I'm the kind of person who likes to be lonely. I got my head down and focused on getting fit.

On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.

I was never going to be the one to get recognition because of my looks.

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

Never in my wildest dreams did I set the goal to be the longest-reigning tag-team champion.

I honestly believe that if you are able to entertain and interact with the crowd, it doesn't matter what ethnicity you may be.

I want to give back to my community, little things I think they need. I went there to open a borehole and a public lavatory and give them a book about myself that we wrote with 'Right to Play.'

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.

Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.

Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.

And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.

My mom means everything to me. She has been such an inspiration in terms of just leading by example. Growing up, I never got into any trouble because I never wanted to upset her - because she did everything in her power for me to have a great childhood.

Why haven't I retired? I love this game too much.

When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

I get inspired from all different kinds of places - cartoons, comic books, movies and things like that.

The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

With God's help and guidance, we shall soon see the end of this most unpleasant chapter in our history.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

Within weeks of the Ebola hoax dying down, the guys at Health Africa International approached my friends George Weah, Mahamadou Diarra, and I to be part of the initiative in using various forms of communication to promote a Ebola prevention education programme.

It's always important for people to be able to watch WWE, especially because it's a global product, it's important for people all over the world to be able to look at the screen and see somebody who looks like them doing great things. And in turn, that inspires them to do great things.

Anybody out there who has had a situation where they've had to struggle - when they want something so badly, but they can't quite get it - I am living and breathing proof that if you endure, if you push yourself, if you strive to be your best, no matter what, if you keep on working hard, then good things can happen.

Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.

It's really all about getting the people to believe in you and the harder you work, the better you become.

No single solution or actor can deal with the complex and interrelated challenges to electoral integrity arising from manipulated data, hate speech, and fake news. These phenomena are not new; they have been part of electoral cycles since the advent of democracy.

For me personally, I'm going to continue to do what I do in the ring.

A lot of people talk about video games as something nerds do. But we look at it as a way to connect with people. It's something that's positive, that brings people together.