There is no quick fix. At the end of the day, you still have to do the work to maintain your weight. It can't be a diet. You have to change your life.

My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black.

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.

I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.

I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable - much like the weather!

I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly.

If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries. You can't name an institution that doesn't depend on volunteers.

I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.

I've never been part of anything so great as those three kids.

The rejection of knowledge (ignorance) attracts a reaction from God.

Her hands crept around his neck, tangling in his hair to keep him closer, even though she knew that beautiful boys with expiration dates couldn't be held, only borrowed for a time.

Life is magic.

femelu could not understand this, her mother’s ability to tell herself stories about her reality that did not even resemble her reality

We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.

Our reality depends on what our biology is up to.

Our blindest impulses become evidence of perspicacity when they fall in with the course of events.

There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'

I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.