Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool

The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

If you cannot find an element of Humour in something, your not taking it seriously enough.

For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on their own on Christmas Day.

It always buzzes me out when I meet someone that I'm a fan of who turns out to be a fan of mine too.

TV can be fairly rigid. I've done enough Network TV to know that it's fun but if I have to go somewhere every day maybe it's not the most satisfying [job].

What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.

Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas

How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?

I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't