Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

There are stories in the Bible about people telling other people how to do things. When you hear this young man say "we don't give up," that's something human beings who win will tell you every time. Breaks will happen. When they happen, you keep the same mind about what you're doing. It's about we the people getting on with our lives and doing it that way.

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

You are not going to 'go forth.' You are going to take that damn hat off and you're going to get a job.

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

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.

Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started. But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge.