“Dare to be you to become the better you therefore being the best you can be.”

“Never interrupt someone doing what you said could not be done.”

“Are you sure you weren't adopted?""Mom would like to think so, but it was a natural birth, so her memory's real clear.”

“I've barely said five words to you. What indication could you possibly have that I am a Yankee?" "Well, we could start with the words 'what indication.' Someone from south of the Mason-Dixon would have said, 'Who the hell are you calling a Yankee?' Then we would have fought.”

“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”

“It's very difficult not to come across as a white supremacist when there are so many black inferiorists around.”

“Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best that you can be is a goal that you can set for yourselves.”