The best Quotes by Ben Okri

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

Art Truth Politicians

You know, you're gonna have to get much better at lying if you want to be president.

Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 1 Episode 1

Lies Politicians

Don't forget, she's a politician, and they're not to be trusted.

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - about Padmé

Politicians

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Henry Kissinger

Corruption Politicians

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

Malcolm Turnbull

Politicians

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

Alexei Navalny

Politicians

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Will Rogers

Politicians Comedians

Leia: "I don't want to be a senator!"
Bail: "It is why you'll probably be one of the best."

Bail Organa in Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi - Season 1 Episode 1

Politicians

The duty of a leader is to serve their people, not for the people to serve them.

Elon Musk - February 2022

Politicians Leaders

Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.

Kit Harington

Politics Politicians

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

Emmanuel Macron

Politics Politicians

Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.

Carroll O'Connor

Politicians

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

Peter Jennings

Politicians Elections & Voting

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

Mel Brooks

Politicians

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

Rahul Gandhi

Politicians

If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.

Morena Baccarin

Politicians

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Davy Crockett

Politicians

The president is like a lone tree in an empty field. He leans whichever way the wind is blowing.

Francis Underwood in House of Cards - Season 2 Episode 2

Politicians

The witch in 'Hänsel and Gretel'... she's very misunderstood. I mean, the woman builds her dream house and these brats come along and start eating it!

Miranda Hobbes in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 10

Gretel and Hansel Witches & Wizards

"So light a fire!" Harry choked.
"Yes... of course... but there's no wood!"
"Have you gone mad!" Ron bellowed. "Are you a witch or not!"

Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Witches & Wizards

To burn the witch is to admit that magic exists.

Magic Witches & Wizards

Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.

Terry Pratchett - Carpe Jugulum

Witches & Wizards

Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.

Jonathan Stroud in Bartimaeus Sequence - 1: The Amulet of Samarkand

Witches & Wizards

"Are witches bad?"
"No. Though some of them are so full of darkness that when you look into their eyes, you think you'll never see the light again."

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself - Season 1 Episode 1

Witches & Wizards

"You're a witch," whispered Snape. She looked affronted.
"That's not a very nice thing to say to somebody!"

Lily Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Witches & Wizards

Jaskier: "Actually, I've always wanted to know, do witchers ever retire?"
Geralt: "Yeah, when they slow and get killed."

Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher - Season 1 Episode 4

Witches & Wizards

No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will.

Joanne K. Rowling in The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Witches & Wizards

The persecution of witches and wizards was gathering pace all over Europe in the early fifteenth century. Many in the magical community felt, and with good reason, that offering to cast a spell on the Muggle-next-door's sickly pig was tantamount to volunteering to fetch the firewood for one's own funeral pyre.

Albus Dumbledore in The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Witches & Wizards

How could you not be, my dratted sister being what she was? Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that - that school - and came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog spawn, turning teacups into rats. I was the only one who saw her for what she was - a freak! But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!

Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Lily Potter Witches & Wizards

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

China Hackers

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

Smartphones

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

FBI

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

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