In our dreams we are always young.

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet

Life is a vapor. It passes in the blink of an eye.

When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying, 'Only little children and old folks tell the truth.'

Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

Even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.

You exalt me Bati, This is the message to the society, Brightest day demands struggling, suffering and sacrifice, heroic labor would suffice.

Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

The only thing that matters is what you do now, here.

Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.

They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

Then it crosses my mind, "But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!"

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.

I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man.