My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

There are many people out there who don't even think of themselves as being averse to facts, but the truth is, they are not getting it.

I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I don't think things are getting more insane. I do know that the country is more divided than it's ever been. Tensions in America are at their peak.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

Too often we give up due to temporal challenge.

As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.

There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.

A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

I'm afraid to be afraid in a crucial moment.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.