None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

Spike: Bloody hell, woman, you're cutting off my circulation!Buffy: You don't have any circulation.Spike: Well, it pinches

It seems to me that wherever religion and politics mix in one body, fascist values - and not 'family values' - rear their ugly head.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future

Learning is intelligence.Knowing is understanding.Practicing is wisdom.Teaching is virtue.

Racism negates two aspects of man's life: reason and choice, or mind and morality, replacing them with chemical predestination.

That Scarface movie is just ruthless! His state of mind was like, "Yo, we're gonna get it - we're gonna get this money, we're gonna get this, get that."

You can't just come from Kansas, go into fashion and be all naive. The fashion world is very different to where I'm from.

We need to remove unworthy from our vocabulary and replace it with hope and work.

Sure, integrating schools may sound benign. But whats the use of living in a gated community if my kids go to school and get poor all over them?