As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

It has its dark splendor, to walk the nightmare terrain forever.

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.

The piano song that I do in the movie [The Hangover], it's a great example, that was never - that wasn't in the script.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.

I was appearing on the reality show R&B Divas and when I started to fall apart it was very public. But I am glad that it happened that way. It made me see myself. And it made me transparent.

The earth is blue like an orange.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.