I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard.

Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.

We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.

The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".

Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.

Unless you're one of the five billionaires out there who don't have to worry about anything, every aspect of everything is stressful, no matter what your job is.

In one creative thought a thousand forgotten nights of love revive, filling it with sublimity and exaltation.

To talk about the reality of life here and the work that you do here at the university.