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.

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

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.

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.

Your youth is certainly finished and old age has definitely arrived if you feel that you are losing enthusiasm, excitement and energy towards your dreams and goals.

When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.

Many track and field people know that if I stay relaxed and run my race like I'm supposed to, I will be the winner at the Olympic Games.

I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.

Church and State, Soul and Body, God and Man, are all one at Mont Saint Michel, and the business of all is to fight, each in his own way, or to stand guard for each other.

My one goal when I started was not to actually vomit on TV or run away.

The opinion of the world does not affect me. I have placed as the real values in my life what follows when I am dead.

We had a lot of rehearsals for the original Twilight to get the family to learn each other and experience each other, so we could all be like a family. We spent a lot of time together.