Honey, that Totie Fields is one well-fed white woman. When that gal sits around the house, she sits around the house!

Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.

Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.

Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and you're my children.

Anytime you see me with my arms around an old man, I'm holding him for the police.

My husband was so ugly, he used to stand outside the doctor’s office and make people sick.

It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.

The teenagers aren't all bad. I love 'em if nobody else does. There ain't nothing wrong with young people. Jus' quit lyin' to 'em.

A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....one friend who always makes her laugh... and one wholets her cry...

to understand the real reasons to uphold humility, know your real roots, remember death and study the masses

You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.

I think there are certain people that you'll always want to impress no matter how much success you have.

I call upon those who love freedom to stand with us now. Together we shall achieve victory.

There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it.

Everything is inspiring! It could be fine art or a conversation I have with somebody!

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.

What sweeter words can fall on the human ear? It's going to be May all week long.