What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

Sin sorpresas, aunque sean disagredables, nadie estaria dispuesto a vivir.

It is easier to not know than to not comprehend, for not knowing implies that the world is large, and that is a fact. Not comprehending is a far more personal fault.

The only one I want, the only one I'll ever want, is you.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions but religiously follows the new.

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

If I want to keep making films for a few more years, I probably should be willing to adapt. I've sort of evolved into the filmmaker that I am because of natural selection anyway.

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.

Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.

I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity.

I understand the psychology of the sport, especially inside the ring.