I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.

The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

Strike, if you will, but listen.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Art is two things: a search for a road and a search for freedom.

We have to help African American people that, for the most part, are stuck there, Hispanic American people. We have Hispanic-American people that are in the inner cities and they are living in hell.

Negative thinking limits God and our potential.

Flying or falling, it's up to us.

I would love to make an album full of ballads. For a listener, I want to have variety on there.

Knock your bad self out.

Cynicism is the largest obstacle to social change. Cynicism is dangerous because people throw up their hands and say, "Well it's not possible. Why should I even try?"

Michael Jackson was a joker to his core. He loved a good joke especially if it's displayed on somebody else.