Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

Wisdom is hard to get but hardest to lose if once obtained.

For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live.

We need to be patient to wait for the beautiful beginning of a new day

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

Could have recovered greenness?

I don't think there's that many great 90-minute comedies.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

The crazy thing is that I really wasn't under any pressure. My contract wasn't going to expire until the end of 2008, and everyone was satisfied with me. But I wasn't. I always wanted to improve.

Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that.

Gideon knew exactly what I liked. Not because I’d told him, but because he paid attention to everything about me.