In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.

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.

Mankind has two immense problems, they forget to use logic and begin at the root of each trouble.

Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.

A general rule: if enough people predict something, it won't happen.

A wisdom deficit - fewer elders and even fewer people who listen to them.

I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.

I'm not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.