Slavery is nothing to joke about! And the history of this nation's [the USA's] involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke.

There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that - I almost listened.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy.

In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name a subject matter that money doesn't touch.

My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.' So many people have made a living off of the pimping of race.

Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.

I used my mental illness as a springboard to the rest of my life.

Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.

The ones who complain and talk the most about giving away Medicine Secrets, are always those who know the least.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren't busy denying them. Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

How lawyers make work for one another! You're all priests, worshipping the same god. No wonder you adore one another.

I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.

The corporations have all their marketing tools, but it's so much better to go in and find out what's going on and what people are thinking.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.