The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

Morality without kindness is the most dangerous weapon.

You say we worship the sun

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.

We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.

The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls.

The dead made this world. We didn't make it. They made the poetry and the songs and the customs.

Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'

A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.