Ti a ba ri erin igbo k’a gba wipe a ri ajanaku, ka ye so wipe a ri nka nto lo firi. When we encounter an elephant, let us admit that we have seen the lord of the forest, not offhandedly remark that we saw something flash across our sight.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2: The Gospel According to Happiness)

Importance: This a Yoruba saying recounted by the narrator in chapter 2. It is referenced by way of suggesting that Nigerians are aware of their gigantic status within Africa and are not humble about it. It is presenting somewhat ironically, as a way of chiding the immodesty and pomp of found in the national character.

I know you have nothing against psychiatrists, so why don’t you look at it as that kind of therapy? Every day millions of your peers wake up across the world, look at their calendar to see when next they are due for a turn on...
-- Jaiyesola (Chapter 4: Scoffer's Progress)