Things today ‘sure ain’t like they used to be’. They’ve changed, moved on, progressed.

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

Life is a wonderfully fine thing. Go live it.

Character and purpose are directly linked to confidence and conviction. What links them? Courage – to be oneself, no matter what others might say.

You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.

In with the new, out with the old.’ That’s what we’re told. We have to change, adapt, compromise.

Change, it seems, is inevitable. And so is compromise.

Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one’s self.

Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart.

The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting.

I’m a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There’s no middle ground, only madness and sadness.

To build yourself is to add value to your life

The greatest blessings are birthed out of adversity.

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason.

Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.

and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along together... for a time.

You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you.

I'd also remind people, if I were running for Presidency, that a long-term problem facing the budget is Social Security and Medicare.

The gospel of Christ has never needed the gimmicks of man to effect conversion in the soul

I don't mind the job of saying to white people, "Yes, this is what I think you need to know, this is what I think you've been missing." And it's my job to educate white folks every day.