There's a degree of deception in silence.

You weigh how much you should criticize the President because hes black.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

I think there's always a lesson you can learn from any situation.

Some people are saying, Justin Bieber is racist. Is he? I dont know.

The best way not to encounter Americas health care system is not to have to encounter it.

Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.

I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.

Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

The worst wounds, the deadliest of them, aren't the ones people see on the outside. They're the ones that make us bleed internally.

Be not another, if you can be yourself.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of mortality under my pressure.

What was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of Performance called The Entertainer with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.

Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.

I like being straightforward. We can deal with anything as long as it's on the table.