Desmond Tutu Quotes

What has happened to us? It seems as if we have perverted our freedom, our rights into license, into being irresponsible. Perhaps we did not realise just how apartheid has damaged us so that we seem to have lost our sense of right and wrong.

Desmond Tutu

Freedom
Lost

Quotes to Explore

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.

Queen Latifah
- Up
- Different
- Women
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.

Kate Atkinson
- Writing
- Soul
- Learn
Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.

Damon Hill
- Time
- Team
- Working
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.

E. O. Wilson
- Writing
- Think
- Nonfiction
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

Sally Pearson
- Myself
- Winning
- Gold
What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.

Randall Munroe
- People
- Style
- Practice