I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.

Confidence comes from creating something and knowing what I'm supposed to be doing and feeling like I'm good at what I'm supposed to be doing.

Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men, and they'll be like, "She has Joyner the best reputation".

It's annoying when people confuse you with the character.

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance.

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!'

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

A tale never loses in the telling.

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.

When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves.

There is no other love like a mother's love for her child.

Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.

The foresight of financial experts was, as so often, a poor guide to the future.

CR7 is the best player in the world, we’re lucky to train with him every day and to have him with us

It is scary, sometimes, Tomas admitted. But the scary bits are what make you brave.

To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.