Nathan’s Reviews > Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood > Status Update

"He thinks he's the policeman of the world. And that's the problem with the world. We have people who cannot police themselves, so they want to police everyone else around them."

"People always lecture the poor: 'Take responsibility for yourself. Make something of yourself.' But with what more materials are the poor to make something of themselves? People love to say, 'Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for a lifetime.' What they don't say is, 'And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.' That's the part of the analogy missing."

"Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give another human being."

Trevor Noah

"If you're Native American, and you pray to the wolves, you're a savage. If you're African and you pray to your ancestors, you're a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that's just common sense."