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Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

To a fireman, wind is a curse. To a sailor, wind is a blessing.

To become richer, earn more. To appear richer, move into a poorer neighborhood.

Clothes are a homeless man’s home.

To a homeless man, home is literally where the heart is.

As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher.

High heels are a short (theist) womans (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.

If heaven really exists: then heaven is the job, hell is unemployment, while life is merely an interview.

What to wear: An employee chooses. How to dress: His employer chose.

A first-rate story is easily killed by second-rate design.

A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader … as an irritating voice is to a listener.

If man was a logical creature: his last suspect—namely, his mouth—was going to be the first; whenever he thinks that someone, or, something is smelly.

Some days are better than others. The same can be said about people.

Life is an activity with which we kill time while we wait for something, someone, or the mere passage of time to kill us.

People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.

Some people are so boring that you are more bored when you are with them … than when you are alone.

Life’s most rewarding forms of being: Being patient, and, being yourself.

Science gave us forensics. Law gave us crime.

A prisoner is imprisoned by the crime that he has committed. A jailer is imprisoned — in the very same prison — by the employment contract that he has signed.

A church service starts and ends with a prayer. A magazine starts and ends with an advert.

Between Monday and Saturday men make an audience. On Sunday, they make a congregation.