[On old age:] You wake up one morning and you got it.

Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.

Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.

Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and you're my children.

Anytime you see me with my arms around an old man, I'm holding him for the police.

My husband was so ugly, he used to stand outside the doctor’s office and make people sick.

It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.

The teenagers aren't all bad. I love 'em if nobody else does. There ain't nothing wrong with young people. Jus' quit lyin' to 'em.

A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

James’ fingers brushed her cheek. “You can run, or you can see this through to the end. Whatever that end might be.

One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.

The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

Let's start a movement - a movement of men who aren't afraid to stop violence against women.

The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.

Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?

There’s nothing here,” Carter said. “What do you want?” I asked. “We’ve got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.