I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man."

If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.

Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep.

It's weak to speak and blame somebody else ...When you destroy yourself.

Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.

I got a letter from the government the other day I opened and read it...it said they were suckers.

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!

I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

The best way to boycott is to build your own

Nature repeats herself more than one would imagine. The sea has infinitely more variety.

I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice.

Happiness refers to feelings, virtue refers to actions, and those actions can cause those feelings. But not necessarily and not exclusively.

Success never needs an excuse.

Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in Hoboken isn't Faulkneresque.

The rise and fall of Tony Montana, and what a way to go out.

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

Inventors don't have time for married life.

Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.