Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

Stand-up keeps you alive. It is definitely the most specialized field in comedy because you need to stay sharp and well-tuned every night.

New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality.

Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

My way of communicating love and interest in people is through cooking. I grew up in an environment where food was really celebrated, and that gave me the message: food makes people happy.

Wouldn't the world be a cleaner place if we gave blind people brooms instead of canes?

I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.

Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.