The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

I'm not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.

If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don't be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.

You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.

You have the right to free speech. We, the corporate controlled government, have the right to ignore you and we choose to exercise this right.

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile. (Le surplus du coeur - Déborde d'un sourire)

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

Financial institutions make us nervous when they're trying to do well.

Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.

The American dream itself is declining.

You can't have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn't there.

I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke