If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.

If the door has been opened and I've been invited, or if I'm not invited and I somehow know I'm supposed to go in there, I put myself together and go in, praying all the while. I try to learn something before I go in. I try to show some respect of the place I'm going into.

You may not get what you paid for, but you will pay for what you get.

The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

Y’all dropped the ball and you should be shamed.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.