Bai T. Moore Quotes (1916-1988)

“You see eh, when we old people tell you children to listen to your parents, you say this is a new age.”

“My advice to you as a friend is, never contemplate such a major undertaking without it being looked into.”

“Gortokai, you have done so much for my old parents, we owe it to you to give you a wife. If I had a husband with money.”

“Gortokai, when you have reached my age, you will agree that good rum, delicious food and some money, not too much, to keep you worrying, are to be desired more than a beautiful unfaithful woman.”

“Many men before us have been through it, and those who will come after us too, will go through it. It’s one of those evils God put on earth. You know now what I mean when I say the secrets of a woman are deeper than the bottom of hell.”

“If you are a professional palm wine drinker, that is, a habitude, or a connoisseur, the most sensible thing to do when you arrive in a strange town is to associate yourself with a palm wine circle. By so doing you get to know all the current gossip of that town.”