I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

Others say that that's not good for the country [to resist Donald's Trump ] and that they should work with this new administration on policies.

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.

If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable

...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.

Keep your secrets. You're too young and beautiful not to have secrets.

I was only attracted to him for, like, several minutes when I first met him, but I'm attracted to everyone when I first meet them. And then it wore off. It always wears off.

Creativity is a compilation of things we've seen.

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back

Most courage comes from being too tired and hungry to be afraid anymore.