The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.

One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.