George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

I hated Woody Woodpecker and Scooby-Doo, but I was a cartoon freak.

Read, read, read, read, read. Read everything. You can’t work unless you know the world, and outside of living in the world the best way to learn about the world is to read about it.

Relax. Just relax and have fun doing what you're doing. Don't worry so much about being results oriented. Just commit yourself to the moment.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

TV is the best babysitter.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Giving up a lot of yourself isn't really that hard when you realize that you get more than you give up.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams.

It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.

I like doing accents and I like learning as much as I can learn.

For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything.

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness.

I have traveled a lot around the world and have seen a lot of people come to my programs... [and it made me realize] that people of all ages - from little children to elders - listen to my nasheeds.

It's the silence I imagine in the rest of the world, the silence of an endless ocean and uninhabitable island, a silence that can be seen from space.

We believe that the Honorable Elijah Mohammed is the apostle of Allah, God, but I'm only a helper and a minister of his.

We don’t have business problems we have people problems. When we take care of our people problems, most of our business problems are automatically resolved

Quietly affirm that you will define your own reality from now on and that your definition will be based on your inner wisdom