I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

I believe people can move things with their minds.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.

Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery

If you put out 150 percent, then you can always expect 100 percent back. That's what I was always told as a kid, and It's worked for me so far!

The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.

A religious woman is a slave that advocates the slavery.

So Merlyn sent you to me, " said the badger, "to finish your education. Well, I can only teach you two things -- to dig, and love your home. These are the true end of philosophy.

Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.

whenever I would feel such happiness my guilt alarm went off

Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

Don't think of your goals - think FROM them. Tap into your genius.

Mary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.