My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.

I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!

If God wanted us high, He would have given us wings.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

Most people think they KNOW the answer. I am willing to ADMIT I don't even know the question.

I don't know what my life needs but I know I need some balance.

My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.

You never get rid of something that has a positive foundation.

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

A star doesn’t have to announce its arrival

Never live a day without a prayer.

My gods dwell in temples made with hands.

Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.

But it is really, really fun to just change it up some and to absolutely be a very small spoke on a big wheel, and to just be a part of that and contribute to something that people can enjoy.

I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work.

Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.

Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.

Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.

The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.