I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

Start every day by making a list of all the experiences you will fill your day with and make an effort.

Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest?When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.

I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!

If you're being attacked from all sides, it's possible you're doing something right; it's also possible that you are doing everything wrong.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

Whatever you're thinking about, you will attract.

I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me.

Encouragement is food for the heart, and every heart is a hungry heart.

...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.

The public be damned. I am working for my stockholders.