Certainly there is a depression I think a lot of Black folks are getting ready to have come January [2017] and that might be an interesting story to tell.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

God is the designer of the family.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

Light-minded society mercilessly persecutes in reality what it allows in theory

To teach someone a lesson, show them how it's done. Force is a temporary solution. Judgment is no solution at all.

This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another.

Is mankind alone in the universe? Or are there somewhere other intelligent beings looking up into their night sky from very different worlds and asking the same kind of question?

One golden day redeems a weary year

Serenity and inner beauty come when we wait upon God. "Waiting" like that is not merely wasting time.

I really don't like being referred to as a folk artist.

Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious.

I'm totally engaging in cultural stereotyping, no question about it. But I think it's OK because I'm doing it for a reason, for a good reason.

I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.