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

I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?"

What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems

In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first

Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'

Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.