“If the world is your oyster, why are some people so full of grit?”

“The only ones that fail are the ones that give up.”

“A negro in the White House? Oh no! Some people thought we'd never set foot in the White House again since we built it!!!!”

“See what I mean? Your confidence is so strong it’s obnoxious.”

“We both smile at the classic misunderstanding. It’s all so cliché-ridden, it’s embarrassing. I wish our story could have some more original twists and turns. Maybe one of us will turn into a vampire or something.”

“A man is a beautiful thing, a very beautiful thing. But some men forget this. And sometimes they try to keep other men captive. They buy and sell people, as if human beings are no more than cattle. But only a fool believes he can really own another man, and only a fool will try. Mr. Finley may own my body, but I have a heart and I have a mind, and he can never own these. Inside of me, I'm too powerful to be owned by anyone. Inside, I am like the sun.”

“Not all deviance is negative; without it, we'd never change the world.”