The future is now.The past is now.Your influence is always now.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

When you become aggressive in arguments, you force the other person to become defensive which means they’ll either get ready to fight you or ready to flee from you.

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

In all great civilizations, garden discourses have belonged to larger discourses about beauty, the good life, the relation of humankind to nature, and so on.

Same thing every year, getting up at the crack of dawn, drinking, fighting, throwing up, pissing on walls and then you leave the house and things get bad.

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

Someone stole my shoelaces once from my shoes. I still wear them and never put laces in them - they're like my trademark shoes now!

I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.