I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process.

Good grooming is integral, and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.

Success is waking up every day and doing what you want to do

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.

I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.

In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.

It takes the same energy to think small as it does to think big. So dream big and think bigger.

If you aren't living your dreams then you're living your fears.

Everyone has an idea, but it’s taking those first steps toward turning that idea into a reality that are always the toughest.

Once we got out of Jefferson Park, we rolled down the one window that worked so the world would know we had good taste in music.

You are safe master nothing can harm you now

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.

The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV.

When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio?

If you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?

There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.