One of the great aspects about [Barack Obama] is who he is as a human.

Time is real, we can't rewind it... Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did.

Man, just believe in yourself, be able to dream, and know that there's going to be valleys and peaks. Always stay centered, and know that God is the key, the beginning and end of everything you do.

I love black thighs, you sisters better realize That real hair and real eyes get real guys. So before you makeup your face, you better make up your mind.

Never lookin' back or too far in front of me; the present is a gift and I just wanna be.

Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.

The mutual fund industry has been built, in a sense, on witchcraft.

I put God first, and strive to do my best by being a loving human being, recognizing that sometimes I make mistakes and bad choices.

One day it'll all make sense.

Not everyone is the same. You can't label a person just because of what they do or what they've done.

I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes

If you're stuck in the past, you go forward in reverse

... that "take" was a word people used for those who had so little to give as to be immeasurable.

Now the frosty stars are gone: I have watched them one by one Fading on the shores of Dawn. Round and full the glorious sun Walks with level step the spray Through his vestibule of Day.

I must govern the clock not be governed by it.

It is far more difficult... to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.

We somehow forget that we can choose whether to make time an enemy or an ally.

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part

Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

Is there a tumor in your humor?

What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.