My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

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.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

What is to give light must endure burning.

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

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.