Home » Quote » Chinua Achebe » „A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.“ „A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.“ — Chinua Achebe Related quotes „The times in his studio when he washed his hands and they smoked, for his hands were so warm and the water so cold.“ — Anaïs Nin „After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.“ — Chinua Achebe „A man should build a house with his own hands before he calls himself an engineer.“ — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn „As we wash our body so we should wash destiny, change life as we change clothes.“ — Fernando Pessoa „He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.“ — Francis of Assisi „Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.“ — Robert A. Heinlein