My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.

There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that - I almost listened.

Slavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.

In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name a subject matter that money doesn't touch.

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.' So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.

Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

All the problems and challenges make life interesting. It makes the living worthwhile. If everything follows a straight order, we lose our interest out of life.

Though sin abound, God's grace is greater to save.

I don't do relationships because I don't want to love and lose myself.

Since the Bible is God’s Word, we shouldn’t be surprised if Satan tries to convince us otherwise.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.

If a body catch a body coming through the rye.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world

Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.