Nikki Giovanni

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (born June 7, 1943, in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an African American poet and author.

6 Quotes

White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.
— Nikki Giovanni

We love because it's the only true adventure.
— Nikki Giovanni

Mistakes are a fact of life it is the response to error that counts.
— Nikki Giovanni

it's a sex object if you're pretty and no love or love and no sex if you're fat
— Nikki Giovanni

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
— Nikki Giovanni

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
— Nikki Giovanni