I think, for most of us is that once you get to a certain place in your career you're not having to elbow and knock people around and audition for parts.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at I am not what I am.

We're out of cocktail olives, it's a tragedy of historic proportions, but we're coping because we're Americans.

People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.

He's trying not to laugh. I tell him I would have doomed mankind for him, and he's trying not to laugh.

I take great pleasure, every day, in seeing my work deeply rooted in our native soil.

If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding.

You are what you leave behind.

Remember to be awesome.