Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

The capacity to be patient, to bear with others through thick and thin, is within the reach of anyone.

I just think that if you use materials that have an ability to communicate directly, you open up a channel and you can work through that. So you are using the power of materials.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.

Remember there is no success without hard work.

[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.

Everyday is a new opportunity.

A second-class is a first-class mistake.