A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike..... So I figure I'm doing as much for good race relations as the next guy.

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

I was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew.

A father has to do everything in his power to keep a tight ship, even though he knows the crew would like to send him away in a dinghy.

Our children are trying to tell us something. And we are not listening.

What's your name again? That's right. I'm so glad you know your name.

In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck - and, of course, courage.