Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the history and culture of other people.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Raw, naked truth exchanged between the black man and the white man is what a whole lot more of is needed in this country - to clear the air of the racial mirages, cliches, and lies that this country's very atmosphere has been filled with for four hundred years.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.