Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

I was born and raised in St. Louis, and this little town, eight blocks away, place no one ever heard of, a black man there commands the attention of the world for months? That ain't my world.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears.