We still have a long way to go but if we work together and we work hard, you'll see black people in positions you never thought we'd be in. I thought I would never see a black President.

Everyone can cook. If you try. If you put a little love into it.

Why can't we have fine black restaurants with fine service by black people who always gave good service? Because we thought that is demeaning and it's not, it's a good living.

You worry too much about what goes into your mouth and not enough about what comes out of it.

When someone helps you, then that means one thing, all they expect in return is for you to show them what you're doing and for you to help someone else.

You've got to live life to the fullest. You just enjoy every beautiful thing there is to enjoy.

I'm still learning....learning from my great grandchildren and everyone around me. I would advise others to keep trying, stop and listen.

Stand firm as surefooted as deer.

You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

Considering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film.

Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.

Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.

When resistance no longer serves you, you'll no longer have it.

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history.

You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation.

I hope this match never ends. When the match ends, the memories begin.