Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.

The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.

[M]an has as much liberty as he is willing to take.

A thorough investigation would prove that nine crimes out of ten could be traced, directly or indirectly, to our economic and social iniquities, to our system of remorseless exploitation and robbery.

I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone.

The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news.

Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

When someone really respects and admires us as musicians to the extent that they want to work with us, it's really flattering.

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

Music's been part of my entire life. It's in my DNA.

I hope one day I can come into a training camp and not say someone is out for the season.

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.