Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The only things that old age comes standard with: grey hair and wrinkles. Wisdom and intellect are earned.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

Back then: to be paid more, one needed to increase the number of things that are by him known. Today: to be paid more, one needs to increase the number of people by whom he is known.

As uncomfortable as it might be, I refuse to let the comfort of being agreed with suffocate my opinions.

Not everybody that says that you suck is a hater. There are people who suck.

Procrastination threatens critics’ livelihood.

Critiquing a doer isn’t doing.

Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.

A cowardly critique starts with a compliment.

I will only start taking book reviews seriously from the day that books are able to review readers.

A man’s bank balance is the new penis size.

Generally, people need less than a quarter of what they want.

A freedom-fighter is a slave to freedom.

A slave that acknowledges its enslavement is halfway to its liberation.

We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore.

A realist is a slave to reality.

To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people.

Nothing matters when you are dead, and, you are dead when nothing matters.

Virginity comes standard. A good head is earned.

Being rich is an untalented artist’s consolation prize.