Nikki Giovanni Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Nikki Giovanni quotes and sayings page 2 (81 year old poet). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 37 we have for her.
“The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.”
“I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.”
“A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.”
“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”
“Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.”
“If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.”
“Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.”
“There are things you stand up for because it's right.”
“If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.”
“White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.”
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