Marla Gibbs Quotes

Science of mind teaches you how to realize how much control you have over your own life. It teaches you that we have the ability to change our lives at any point we choose.

You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.

The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.

There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.

I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than the exterior.

I'll tell you, I'm loving everything Betty White's doing. She's 90!

I grew up weird - very sensitive and highly inhibited. I felt like I was born in the wrong time zone to the wrong people at the wrong place.

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.

After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.

Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.

I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.

Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'