I'm your idol, the highest title, Numero Uno, I'm not a Puerto Rican, but I'm speakin so that you know, And understand, I got the gift of speech, And it's a blessin, so listen to the lesson I preach.

So sucker MC's, please think twice; Would you join the navy if you didn't like the gravy and rice?

Think, just blink and I made...a million rhymes. Just imagine if you blinked...a million times. Damn, I'd be paid...I got it made.

...And Sunday's the one day I rest, give thanks, and bless.

My hair was growin' too long, so I got me a fade And when my dishes got dirty, I got cascade And When the weather was hot, I got a spot in the shade.

Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.

Whenever you don't know someone and you overhear their problems they always sound so trivial.

I was at awards shows and felt really lost so it was good to play someone who was really lost.

Learn from the purity of nature.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

It's a powerful thing to know that you are empowering someone to lift themselves out of poverty.

Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.

Don't think that any one technique is the end. there is no end. There is no perfect technique. Just when you think you've got them, you're dead because you didn't.

I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.