The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function.

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look,

Getting hit is not cool.

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

Photography is truth...and cinema is truth 24 times a second.

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

Whatever you know in your heart, live at the expense of anything else.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

Men respect women who have standards - get some!