You can't win for losing.

Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.

I start to think, and then I sink Into the paper like I was ink When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines I escape when I finish the rhyme.

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do

I'm just an addict, addicted to music Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it.

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth

Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.

So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents

I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP IT Now it's a daily word

The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.

In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.

In a rising market, enough of your bad ideas will pay off so that you'll never learn that you should have fewer ideas.

The encore is the short piece after the program has finished, where the performer brings out something that the audience doesn't expect.

Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.

How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

Death is the only mystery we all solve.

Strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.

We always welcome when somebody says he or she is ready to work with Russia.