Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.

May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.

You owe others a happy disposition

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins. Or, Arnold is pregnant.

Acceptance is the word we must substitute for dependence in dealing with the aged. Their acceptance of help, ours of their need.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.