Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.

A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.

People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they get caught up in it, they start being in denial because they don't want to be wrong.

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.

We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers.

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.

People in America worship money, and a white man's face on a green piece of paper does not make me wealthy. My health makes me wealthy. I used to work at a hospital, so I know the real deal.

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.

Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

I'm very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we've made.

People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.

Sometimes luck is with you, and sometimes not, but the important thing is to take the dare. Those who climb mountains or raft rivers understand this.

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.

Mac." He said my name and laughed. "What a name for something like you. Mac.

To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am.

When you have overcome one temptation, you must be ready to enter the lists with another. As distrust, in some sense, is the mother of safety, so security is the gate of danger.

It's always fun to play cops and robbers.