And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?

I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years free and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all.

The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.

I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.

You can’t buy time, Nick. Ever. It’s the only thing in life you can’t get most of, and it’s the one thing that will mercilessly tear you up when it’s gone. It takes no pity on no soul and no heart.

Sufre mas el que espera siempreque aquel que nunca espero a nadie?Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?

One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise found out about.

If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

I feel that the same God-force that is the mother and father of the Pope is also the mother and father of the loneliest wino on the planet.

Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

There's one sure way to stop us from scoring ... give us the ball near the goal line.

There was a pause - just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.