The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.