Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

A girl's legs are her best friends...but even the best of friends must part.

This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey!

What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches.

If you can see the handwriting on the wall... you're on the toilet.

The definition of indecent – when it’s in long, and it’s in hard, and it’s in deep – it’s in decent.

I feel sorry for people who don't drink or do drugs. Because someday they're going to be in a hospital bed, dying, and they won't know why.

I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one.

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.

If you are not Happier than someone, you can’t be Wealthier than him. True Wealth is the Joy that comes from being Content with what you have.

Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.

You are no longer a weak, susceptible human. You are Shaede, deadly and cunning. Never bow to that mortal weakness again.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

Everyone of you right now is valuable and essential.

Today one can dare anything, and, furthermore, nobody is surprised.

Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.