Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.

I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.

There are times when one shall forgive oneself. Therein lies the best possibilities of learning & improving.

Lots of people let it go by and never accomplish what they want. I just wanted to see what I could do.

I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.

as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good.

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

I am glad to have found a readership, but one can’t write only what is likely to sell. A writer is not a shopkeeper. A writer creates an imaginary world that he transmits to others.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?