I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.

I don't believe in a plumb line. I believe in the exchange of ideas.

The end of a melody is not its goal; but nonetheless, if the melody had not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.

So, the advice that I would always give is make sure you've got your own career, before you put your child in the business.

By dismissing what could work, we dismiss our own growth. We dismiss what's possible.

I live without regrets. There are certain things I have done, mistakes that I made, that I would change, but I don't regret them at all, because I've learnt from them.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.

April, like a child, Writes hieroglyphs on dust with flowers, Wipes them away and forgets.