I'm a personal type of person. I'll speak when I have something to say, not 'cause someone just wants to know something.

The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog... How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

Never become so involved with something that it blinds you. Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

Be careful of the ones that always wanna get you high, cause when the time comes, that one'll let you die.

The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Sir James waved a gnarled hand. "They're nothing but feral file clerks, dragons. They used to alphabetize the coins in their hoards.

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.

Forming a new world religion is difficult and not particularly desirable. However, in that love is essential to all religions, one could speak of the universal religion of love.

The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of sexual exertions in the arms of his mistress.

I don't know about transformation. But scientifically you can say: Well, it doesn't seem to hurt anybody. Personally I've been cheered by books at really critical moments. That much I believe.

History is just new people making old mistakes.

Never sleep in a small tent with your nemesis.