The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes... if I knew they were going to a friendly country

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

I chose to be an agitator. And there's one interesting thing about being an agitator - and I tell people - the next time you put your underwear in the washing machine, take the agitator out, and all you're going to end up with is some dirty, wet drawers.

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.