Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

Life is like a ship. There's people dancing on a ship.There's a lot of money on the ship, but I cannot integrate on the ship or get equality on the ship.And I never could. I'm just in the galley working and I never could get up to see the captain of the ship.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

Everything I got comes from Elijah Mohammed. He taught me who I was, he made me proud, he made me fearless, he made me love my own, I’ve turned down millions to keep from selling out my people, the beautiful name Mohammed Ali. And white people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of his in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.White people make me thinkin' that I'm smart, and as soon as I leave Elijah you can get me. But as long as I stay with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed I'm safe.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.