The best Quotes by Ben Okri

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

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.

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

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

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

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

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.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

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

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

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

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

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

Nations have come under the control of haters and fools.

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?

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

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

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

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

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

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!

"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!"

To burn the witch is to admit that magic exists.

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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.

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!

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.

It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.

I am sorry on behalf of most, if not close to all, of Australia at this point. I'm sorry about Raygun and that we broke dancing.

I don't think you understand how Australians work. Once we get a hold of a good quality meme, we drive it into the ground until we die. We're all still dropping the old "I pulled a Bradbury" and that happened over 20 years ago.

I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That's what I hoped. I didn't realise that would also open the door to so much hate which has, frankly, been pretty devastating.

Don't be afraid to be different, go out there and represent yourself, you never know where that's gonna take you.

Since the day I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help unite our nation and move us forward—a fighter for the middle class and patriot who believes in the promise of America. I am here today because I found such a leader: Governor Tim Walz.