You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool

The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

It is the bungled crime that brings remorse.

Cultural change works orders of magnitude faster then genetic change. Stephen Jay Gould

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

God alone can finish.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.

I know that I may never be a star. This could all just go away at any time. I know that just because I have a record out doesn't mean I'm going to make it

The best path between two points is upside-down, between, then inside-out and round again.

Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters