Nikki Giovanni Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Nikki Giovanni (random)
- Books & Videos:
- Nikki Giovanni Books & Videos
- Type:
- Poet
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth Date / Year:
- June 7, 1943
- 1
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. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 2
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 3
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 4
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. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 5
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.' Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 6
If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 7
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 8
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 9
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 10
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 11
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 12
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 13
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 14
We love because it's the only true adventure. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 15
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 16
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 17
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
- 18
You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play. Nikki Giovanni | Refcard PDF ↑
