When you took a man's job away from him, his ability to feed and clothe his family, that man was going to get angry.

Love never fails but people fails in how to love-Jesus never fails

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.

What you think is a setback, is really a set-up for a greater comeback!

The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you?

What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.

Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if he is fool enough to do so.

I use to be panicked, but know I'm curious!

My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough.