At some point we have to give up and say that's just the way it is. Or, not give up and push on.

Nurtured by negative circumstances, braiding raging tornadoes in her hair, she held her head high, wearing her weathered poetry with pride.

Nothing is easier to us who pass our time in the great school of Providence than to l’arn its lessons.

You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.

I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

Childhood lasts all through life.

Our troops are terrorizing women and children in the dark of night in Iraq.

Love was a delicious blend of warm and cold. There was comfort in making love. It solved no problems: but one could run away from problems.

The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers.

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation.