Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?

My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

Are we praying?" "If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.

I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.

Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.

Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.

Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.

The tongues of hell are dull.

Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style.

You can't flood the market with every TV show, every reality show, and dump your library into the market all at one time and not have some kind of game plan in terms of pricing.

what society requires from art ... is that it function as an early warning system.

You can't get better at things you never play.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!

I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element.

Liberalism isn't quite as liberal as it pretends to be. And it goes through my adventures with the FBI during the anti-war period and the civil rights period.

Being a defense hawk and a budget hawk are not mutually exclusive.

We are masters, first, of our attitudes. Our attitudes shape our future. This is a universal law.