Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.