I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

I can change my plans. But I can't change my family.

Small changes can make huge destination differences.

If you ask the great city, ‘Who is this person?, ’ she will answer, ‘He is my child.

As we come to the Bible, we can come with the holy anticipation of actually meeting with God.

Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that absolutely don't make any sense.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

Mr. Bentley - He builds fast trucks.

I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.

Funny is when you're serious.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.