When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.'

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something wrong.

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

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.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.