To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth of her which was black outvoted the other fifteen parts and made her a Negro. She was a slave, and salable as such.

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.

There are those who scoff at the schoolboy, calling him frivolous andshallow: Yet it was the schoolboy who said 'Faith is believing what youknow ain't so'.

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.

My chest ached, my body speaking a language my head didn't quite understand.

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.

I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.

When you're young, you haven't the experience, when you're old you haven't the strength.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

It's important to stay true to yourself. You have to know your weaknesses and recruit support when and where you need it.

When I work with my art department on putting imagery together for my blog posts I always think, 'Would I pin this?' That really helps.

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.