Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

It's the family you choose that counts.

Would that the dead were not dead! But there is grass that must be eaten, pellets that must be chewed, hraka that must be passed, holes that must be dug, sleep that must be slept.

You can’t get the taste of winning in a running competition with a turtle!

When I got the paperwork for Superstars, and I saw they asked what size swimsuit I wear, I had a hot flash, nearly broke into cold sweats and hired a trainer immediately.

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.

True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.

Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle.

I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.

To move forward you have to give back.

Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.