There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

Memory is this, not the target dead on centerbut the hurt unwept.

No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.

Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100, 000 to $200, 000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

My hope and treasure lies above

Today my son and I went for a stroll and saw the sea lions and watched the sunset and played ball in the park with our dog.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day.

So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.