It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

And to those people with no children but who think they'd like to have them some day to fulfill their lives. Remember: With fulfillment comes responsibility.

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education and now we've got these knuckleheads walking round.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with...That is an old woman trying to get into heaven now.

Because for me it is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us. And it keeps a person frozen in their seat, it keeps you frozen in your hole you’re sitting in.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.