I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation fields, and that is largely true.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

It is my personal belief that writing cannot be taught.

Whatever she says to you, it’s your jobnot to let her make you mad.

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

Being truthful - that's what I admire the most in people. That's about it. As long as people are honest. Honest to themselves as well - more than anything else.

The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.

When I meet a wind I cannot fight , I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will.

We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.