No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That's already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.

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

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami, met a fellow two shades darker than me - and his name was Ginsberg! Took my place in two sit-in demonstrations - nobody knew the difference. The he tried for a third lunch counter and blew the whole bit ... asked for blintzes.

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

America has the mightiest military on the planet, and they didn't get there with entertainers.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.