I realize that some people see going away as, "Oh, he's irrelevant now," but I feel like if I don't go away, I get sick of myself. It's never been my thing to be in the spotlight all the time.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King

Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars.

You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Just be yourself, the minute you start being yourself youre gonna win.

In the seventh century the Arabs created a new world into which other peoples were drawn. In the nineteenth and twentieth, they were themselves drawn into a new world created in western Europe.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

Today, you can pick your own news. At no time has the world been this compatible with apathy.

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques.

Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.

I come from a part of New York that was almost entirely immigrants. I was born in America, but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.

Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

Have you ever been to Colorado?" I frowned. "Is that one of those square ones, in the middle?

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.