About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.

We learn to be racist, therefore we can learn not to be racist. Racism is not genetical. It has everything to do with power.

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!

I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

My mum, Mrs Caroline Antwi said '' A person must achieve all that he/she can possibly achieve.

How can you make efficiency a habit, and an enjoyable one at that?

They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

Neither Bernie Sanders, Hillary [Clinton], nor [Donald] Trump can stop the Wrath of God that is coming down on America.

We fall in love forever many times, and many times we die.

Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.

It is outrageous that the Queen has invited royal tyrants to celebrate her diamond jubilee.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.