If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.

Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.

If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Good-bye, Graystripe. I love you. Take care of our kits.

Repetition is the father of learning, I repeat, repetition is the father of learning.

Time is the missing ingredient in our recipes-and in our lives.

Immortality is a ridiculous illusion, an empty word, a butterfly net chasing the wind.

The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.

Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.

I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.