Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.

When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.

You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.