Nothing really matters except a few things that really don't matter very much.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

No other species flees from boredom with as much urgency as we do. We are far more eager to do brain work than we are to do physical labor.

You need to manage your expectations. You'll live longer.

If your circle doesn't challenge you to grow beyond your comfort zone, then you are definitely in the wrong circle.

The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.

. . . it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are-until the poem-nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt.

Art is not an object, but a trigger for experience.

Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope.

I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.

I am very good at what I do. I am better at it than anybody else.