Talent on its own sat gracefully only on the very young. After a certain age it was what you did with it that counted.

I have always noticed that people only think you are stupid if you do things differently from them.

But druggies don't keep their looks any longer than they keep their promises.

people with romantic illusions find it hard to make a living.

That was the trouble with lies: it was very important to remember them accurately when, generally, they were the things you most wanted to forget.

What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.

Set the goal to get

Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.

I run in my own lanes screaming Jesus is King!

I'm bad at picking heroes.

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.

The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.