Nikki Giovanni is a famous Poet from USA, he/she is 81 years old and still alive, born June 7, 1943.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable.
Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Nikki.
18 Famous quotes by Nikki Giovanni
"When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again"
"There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave"
"We love because it's the only true adventure"
"Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying"
"White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus"
"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"
"We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained"
"Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us"
"If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice"
"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it"
"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try"
"Sacred cows make very poor gladiators"
"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts"
"I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'"
"We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end"
"If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else"
"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste"
"You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play"
