One of the things we've lost as blacks in the United States is imagining different ways the world could be organized, how this country could be organized, how politics could be organized.

Controlling for all the things that sociologists, economists, and political scientists say you should control for, we find that what drives one's views [most significantly] is race.

Black Realism or cosmopolitan black politician is a code word to say this is a black person that is not tied to a civil rights/black power traditional black politics.

...the real is coherent and probable because it is real, not real because it is coherent...

It's evil, Jo. It exists in all forms of life and death.

I'll be so quiet for you. Look like a child for you. Be like a shadow of a shadow Of a shadow for you.

Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us.

Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

Pitching in the big leagues is a dream. Preparing to pitch in the big leagues is a nightmare!

There are people who are dangerous, and evil is real.

No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you.

Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.