In 1963, while my brothers were engaged in their lives, I call this period of my life 'my character-building years.' I adhered to the saying, 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Suddenly, in my mind I hear my father say, 'Mind over matter, son. You can do this. You can accomplish anything as long as you really want to.

I wonder if my kidnappers know who my father was in Haiti, or if they know what powers they are dealing with.

Health, wealth, happiness, live long and always prosper, have families and also friends, let them be lasting in me forever.

I voted for every woman who has to leave a baby too soon, who has to downgrade her career, or who is made to feel invisible in her role as a mother.

We don’t have a good excuse before God if our nation and people are suffering as a result of our complacency

To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature who views this as heaven.

I've spent a lot of time off planet.

They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that.

A flower is relatively small... Still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so I said to myself-I'll paint it big.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't.

Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.

I am doing what I love to do.