“I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying “Ain’t that the truth”

“The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler named Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composer--just a sliver of my eventual life potential.”

“Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.”

“La edad de una persona puede determinarse por el grado de dolor que experimenta cuando entra en contacto con una idea nueva”

“You have to know that your real home is within.”

“The immediate occasion of this practice was the lowness of wages, which at that time would not allow them to indulge in ale or spirits, and wages rising, it may be thought that this practice would cease; but as I do not readily believe that any man having once tasted the divine luxuries of opium will afterwards descend to the gross and mortal enjoyments of alcohol, I take it for granted, That those eat now who never ate before; And those who always ate, now eat the more.”

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”