Top 397 Quotes & Sayings by Kenyan Authors - Page 4

You need to go near to the people and actually sensitize them about the sport - specifically running. If athletes can go near their fans, many people would develop a love for running.

I was one of those athletic African players.

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

I was not so lucky to grow up with toys as I grew up in a remote area of Kenya.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

I always say in my camps in Africa, in everything we do, 'My name is Masai and I'm from Nigeria.' My name is Masai and I'm from Nigeria. It's plain and simple. If you're from La Loche or you are from Toronto you should be proud of it.

Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.

My works tends to be erotic.

In the offseason I allow my body to recover, my mind to recover. I like to be with my family, to read books, and know what is going on in the world, to understand how people think.

People hear 'Africa' and they think about charitable commercials, or safari tours and animals. It's our responsibility to help change that perspective.

It's important to run clean so that you can inspire people, to give an example to the young generation.

Most entrepreneurs think capital is the biggest problem they have - but it's not. You can have all the capital you want, but if the market fit and ability to adjust are not present, your startup will likely not succeed.

Honestly... I've never felt pressure working in basketball. There's no pressure at all. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work.

I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

As an NBA executive, I'm always looking for untapped potential. As a proud native of Nigeria, I believe that Africa is one of the world's greatest resources in that area.

I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

I do all I can to make my world a better place to live in for me and for my kids as well.

We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.

I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because that's not what I was able to do, meaning go home or be home.

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge.

Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.

If you know anything about Ethiopia, they are very security conscious, a very closed environment. It's a repressive place were journalists and bloggers are arrested all the time.

As you can probably tell, the push to develop talent in Africa is personal. I grew up there. I played there. I know how much talent there is. We have to concentrate on building facilities, establishing successful leagues and finding investors to help young players.

The time we are living in is the greatest opportunity to be queer, and it is almost the most dangerous time because everything is up for grabs.

I think when you work on fossils, and you realize that a species is there, and it's abundant for quite a long period of time, and then at some point it's no longer there - and so, when you look at that bigger picture, yes, you realize that either you change and adapt, or, as a species, you go extinct.

Most kids in Africa don't start playing basketball until they are 13 or 14 years old. This puts them at a disadvantage because they lack the instincts and must work harder to develop the skills and habits formed at an early age.

All of us salute the ITU's excellent work in the telecommunications space. It has set standards which encourage investment in infrastructure and ensure that a call made from Europe or America connects smoothly in Kenya or anywhere in the world.

One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult.

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.

Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world.

Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to.

For me, it's always been about Toronto. I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is important.

Scouting is like CIA work and investigative work. You create a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff. Some works and some doesn't. I try to get creative.

I'm very much a person that believes that there's something that was introduced into Kenya and Africa as we know it that has made us despise our bodies.

There were great European players that were great basketball players that did not make it in the NBA... This is the best league in the world.

I have to give back. For me, it would be a failure if I could not give back.

My cousin Simon Bor, the champion of Los Angeles, convinced me to concentrate on running.

A number of scientists with greatly different backgrounds can come up with completely different assessments. The discussions or controversies are endless. Once a year, we try to bring the most important discoverers together to exchange their experiences and knowledge.

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

While I was a student at The Cooper Union, they discouraged too much of a focus on any one medium, and it helped me try new and different things.

I am just going to try to run my personal best. If it comes as a world record, I would appreciate it. But I would treat it as a personal best.

I am fascinated by these ocean-grown folks. On the coast, there's all this cross-pollination of ideas. Someone thinks they saw something. One person's madness is reiterated by another, and a story is born. The rumour becomes a substitute for news.

I want to stay for a long time and leave a mark so the young generation can aspire to be at the top like me. I love the sport, and that's what drives me.

My first competition outside Kenya was at the 2002 world cross country championships in Dublin, Ireland. I finished fifth in the junior race that day but the thing I remember the most was that it was very cold.

Only by addressing the root causes of conflict and disputes can we hope to find lasting peace in a just and equitable world.

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

We have to make Toronto - we have to - we have to make Toronto the best atmosphere in the NBA.

You have to figure out that balance between younger players and veteran players, star players, and All-Star players, really a team effort. And then you have to be lucky.

Thinking positively and confidently changed my life. If you stay consistent and work hard, you can be successful for a long time.

I spent a lot of my early blogging career sort of highlighting all the ills of the government in Kenya and all the corruption and problems.

That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.

I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.

The more you give, the more you grow.

Most young kids can't figure out how to shoot.

The medium of film is really wonderful because it can behave in the same way as collage and painting; it can be layered and non-literal.

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

I wasn't a great player, but I got a lot out of the game. I saw the world and made many lifelong friends.

If you believe in something and put it in your mind and heart, it can be realised.