Mental inertia is death.

The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness.

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for the government and it is not good for the individual.

We are African in origin and American in birth.

Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal of government, we will be a distracted, contentious people.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

We must learn to lean upon ourselves; we must learn to plan and execute business enterprises of our own; we must learn to venture our pennies if we would gain dollars.

The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a brood of negative men.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion it shows that society is rotten to the core.

Church should be like a dating service: tell you about His heart and then give you His contact information.

Every heart has a layer of sadness, whether deeply buried or covering the surface for all to see.

The function of art is to struggle against obligation.

Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.

This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.

Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that.

I'm so loyal, I haven't bathed in weeks!

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being