An idea is salvation by imagination

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

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.