He who thinks to save anything by his religion, besides his soul, will be a loser in the end.

In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.

I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.

How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?

I do not derive out of the evolution, but the act of creativity inside of it!

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

I've held a brain in my hands, which is an extraordinary experience.

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube, and Dre, and Mary J. Blige, and TLC. So I've been involved in hip hop since the beginning.

John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest.

In one way or another, every parent is curious what their children... what are they doing when we don't see?... What double lives are they leading? Is there something else?

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that is a serious proposition.