History, we know, is apt to repeat itself.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

He would never need a knife to spread a pat of butter on his toast. That smile would quickly melt it.

low income does not mean low expectations

That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.

When you're a comedian, the Holy Grail is an hour long HBO special.

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

My looks arent going to help me explain mortgage-backed securities.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

... and that's why I kicked your leg out of your leg!

A sack that can contain a person's greed...doesn't exist in this world. If your hearts not content, no matter how much you put in the sack, it's never enough.

I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.