410 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

I teach literature. That's easy for me. Take someone else's work and talk about it.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

An angry man is always a stupid man.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can't dance.

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.