E. C. Osondu quotes

E. C. Osondu quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“People will urge you to go to school. Theyâ€™ll tell you an American education is useful. That is not true. That is 80â€™s. You are here to hustle.”
-- E. C. Osondu

#School Quotes #People Quotes #Hustle Quotes

“Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.”
“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
“We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.”
“Good things happen to those who hustle.”
“I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.”

Source : "Close Range: Wyoming Stories". Book by Annie Proulx, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 1999.
“Elend started. "Vin!" Then, he smiled. "What took you so long?" "I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god," she said. "Now hustle.”
“Good things come to those who hustle”
“His hustle was wrong, his mind was his own, but the man lived alone, oh, Superfly.”

Source : Song: Superfly
“Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder, we are immediately reminded of the purity and innocence of our childhood. Then, everything was magical and mysterious. Magic should help us relive that wonder.”
“Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.”

Source : John F. MacArthur (2006). “Twelve Extraordinary Women Workbook”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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