Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.

I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.

My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.

We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.