America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.

Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.

Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. So you must prepare yourself to be lucky.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

A friend of mine who works for naval intelligence said an aerial satellite revealed that 1.9 million attended the event in 1995. But if they would have had a rumble at the march the newspapers would have said that 75 million Afro-Americans were there.