A.Z. Black Quotes

Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is the prototype. They trusted themselves.

You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid, and monotonous.

Donald Trump came out as a birther, which is Republican for, 'I'm running for president.'

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

Elected officials shouldn’t get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.

The mystery religions were instituted in order to protect the marvels of the commonplace from those who would devalue them.

Maybe home isn't a place. Maybe it's a feeling you have inside of you, being around the people who matter to you

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

There is no either / or between being competitive and collaborative. You have to be both and decide which in each situation.

I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.

If a group of people - leaders - can convince a group of folk who barely have a pot to piss in that the rich shouldn't be taxed-- THAT is leadership!

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you.

Sleep was the greatest invention in the history of mankind. When I was sleeping, I wasn’t feeling guilty, or miserable, or sad.

Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.

If you can write it, I can be it.

You can love your job, but your job will not love you back.

I was married to a state of mind and I divorced it

You have to keep surprising your audience.

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

When it comes to idiots, America's got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

A good book is an event in my life.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

You can never put too much pork in your mouth as far as I'm concerned.

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.

The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.

What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense.

It is not enough to have a vision. In order to have its power, you must enact your vision on earth for all to see. Only then do you have the power.

Surround yourself with people who respect and treat you well.

Democrats should be focused on which way we can help the most people in this country, and Republicans should be focused on how to do that in the most fiscally responsible manner possible.

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.

The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken, It's all contractual and about money makin'.

Democrats are dumb and Republicans are stupid, but the difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn't funny. Dumb is when you say something and the whole room goes, 'What did he say?'

The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.

Crazy frustration, about my lovin situation; When patience was a virtue...but I wasn't used to waitin.

I think you have to [vote] and the reason you have to go vote is an important one, and that is because the day you vote is the day that you will feel the most ineffectual you will feel all year.

Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press