The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

Good. That is it. You will see with your hands, I promise you.

Things are beautiful or ugly only in time and space. The new man's vision being liberated from these two factors, all is unified in one unique beauty.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

It's not the dress ... it's the way you see me.

Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something.

This is the United States of America and unfortunately, race still matters to a lot of people. The evil head of racism doesn't hide, it sticks its head up.

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth

Religion poisons everything good in this world.