There is very seldom any true secret.

When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me.

We're on the border of this world, speaking a common language. That's all.

Listening to your ego brings your vibration down

I think essentially corrupting institutions in Washington are turning conservatism into something that is really very creepy, but also emotionally and psychically powerful for people.

Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.

The negatives about [Adolf] Hitler were that he was away a lot and couldn't behave towards Eva [Braun] as he should.

How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest.

People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.

I knew instinctively that it was the very hardness of life in the desert which drew me back there - it was the same pull which takes men back to the polar ice, to high mountains, and to the sea.