I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.

Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.

Nixon was kind of a loner, he had a cold personality.

He no playa the game, he no maka the rules.

But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.

Food is a tool. It is a weapon in the U.S. negotiating kit

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

No, I try not to be a negative thinker.

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.

I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.

Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself.

I feel like it'll change after the movie [Star Wars] comes out, if it does. It's really the other way around, surprisingly, as far as Con Man goes.

The harmonica is the world's best-selling musical instrument. You're welcome.

To remind me, pain is the best teacher

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.

...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle the apparatus of oppression.

The methodologies are always different but the message should be the same.

Everything I have today is because of Africa, I was born here, went to school here, I work here and I'm achieving some level of financial comfort here