No matter what you do, if you're on a stage constantly speaking to people, you need to make sure that you have something to say. You need to make sure you're fed in whatever profession you're doing.

Fear sees a ceiling. Hope sees the stars.

On stage I'm basically spiritually feeding all of these people in the audience, and making sure they're encouraged to connect with God.

I'd much rather go out having America shocked than having America go, 'Eh, it was his time.'

I think people need to guard themselves in what they watch and what they listen to because I think that does affect who they are and why they do what they do.

Jesus had over death and we don't have to worry about death. We don't have to worry about where our loved ones are going if they know Jesus.

Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.

I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: "Yeah show up."

O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven.

I do a lot of things hopin I never had to fit in, so tryin to keep up with my progress is like a dead end.

Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching beyond the walls as well.

A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all.

Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Politics is too important to be left to politicians.