People in the age of [President] Obama don't dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That's for sure.

My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.

Life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.

…for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.

I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev.

By their very nature bureaucracies have no conscience, no memory, and no mind.

Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.

If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse.

If you are asking the wrong question, it doesn't matter how good the answer is, you aren't going to get where you want to go.

I don't think I'm a weirdo in a bad way. There's just a lot going on in my head.

For every individual who gets killed, someone should build a school or teach a child. We really need to balance things with positivity.

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

Movement is vital. Whether it's running, cross training, hiking with the dogs, or walking the streets of New York, I am constantly active.