Cousin Giovanni

Famous quotes containing the words cousin and/or giovanni:

“I against my brother
I and my brother against our cousin
I, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors
All of us against the foreigner.”
—Bedouin Proverb. Quoted by Bruce Chatwin in “From the Notebooks,” ch. 30, The Songlines (1987)

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”
—Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)