For the weak who seek power it'll bring, infallible the power, knowledge is king.

Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party.

I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man.

Any man without a woman is incomplete, and vice-versa she's obsolete.

The lack of facts holds you back. The odds are stacked against a weak mind.

I stayed away from drugs, I never smoked a pipe. When I wanna get high, I smoke the mic. I never did white lines, I only write lines, and I ain't sniffin' nothing but the vapors from hype rhymes.

I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

The five senses are all correlated, the sixth and seventh is how you elevate it.

You wanna know my occupation? I get paid to rock the nation. I go to work.

Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave.

There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. . . . But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.

…I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.

Alone, alone. I am alone – I ache … Yet for the first time, despite all the anguish and the reality problems, I’m here. I feel tranquil, whole, ADULT.

Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.

On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to unlearn what one has acquired.

Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.

When I take my Les Paul onstage, it's reliable. An SG could be different from night to night, but a Les Paul is so solid and reliable that you can trust it every night

It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.

As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have.