The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity. Nikki Giovanni More Quotes by Nikki Giovanni More Quotes From Nikki Giovanni My work is a part of me and I know it. I have no reason to try to pick one part of me out from the rest. I only see my work, or rather I should say I see my work only telling my part of the human experience. Nikki Giovanni shouldreasontrying When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try. Nikki Giovanni communicatecommunicationtrying I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction. Nikki Giovanni viewspeopleneeds We must invest in tomorrow. And pay our teachers for teaching as we pay our coaches for coaching. Nikki Giovanni coachingteachingteacher Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure. Nikki Giovanni marvelousadventurelife Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes. Nikki Giovanni sanctuaryeyeart Writing is a conversation with reading; a dialogue with thinking. All conversations with older people contain repetition. Some of the ideas mean a lot to me, just interesting, so I both embrace and attack the ideas because I found them, well, delightful. Nikki Giovanni readingwritingmean What's the difference between dragging a black man behind a truck in Jasper, Texas, and beating a white boy to death in Wyoming because he's gay? Nikki Giovanni gaymenboys I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on time But then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuse My hungry heart Nikki Giovanni doghomewitty 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 whitepeoplethinking If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes. Nikki Giovanni ifsanswers [My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming. Nikki Giovanni differentbookchildren I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times. Nikki Giovanni blackwishthinking His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached nonviolence. Nikki Giovanni kingsjusticemen I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. Nikki Giovanni generationship-hoppeople You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play. Nikki Giovanni playing-gamesagingteaching If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other. Nikki Giovanni poetwould-beworld I’m a big fan of history—applying the lessons as well as the joys and sadness. If we pay attention, we would see how we affect each other. In terms of time, we are not that far from one another. If we were to look back a century, it would seem like a long time; but, if we look at it by decades then it’s only 10 years, and by generations it’s only five. Nikki Giovanni sadnesslongyears School buildings should be opened and used twenty four hours a day. Nikki Giovanni fourtwentiesschool Who I am really keeps surprising me. Nikki Giovanni surprisingwho-i-am
