“I knew I was Yoruba and Nigerian for the first 9 years of my life. I d...” — Luvvie Ajayi Quote

“I knew I was Yoruba and Nigerian for the first 9 years of my life. I did not become conscious of my color and all that came with it until I moved to the United States with my family.”

“Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.”

“Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.”

“I've never been conscious about the kind of films or characters I should do.”

“I was very conscious of the world being this very crazed place that demanded explanation. I didn't see a whole lot of people who looked like me doing it on television.”

“When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.”