Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.

It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.

Men and women may devise plans to satisfy their inner longings, but in the midst of all the “religions” of the world, God’s way is available in the Bible for all who will come to Him on His terms.

Be an artist in everything you do.

A man in loss is not a man to trust.

I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Listen to the Chair Leg of Truth! It does not lie!