Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

No fear is unbearable, she concluded, unless you've got time on your hands and a healthy imagination.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess around the hole and get it back in, like you're spackling.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

I feel like I have a Ph.D. in life, I'm a survivor. I've not only survived, I've thrived.

For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.

Anyway, I was the one in real danger. I got cornered by a pack of wild sorority girls in the food court. Apparently it's mating season.

Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.