Archived Quotes

The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow.

Life is a crazy ride,

and nothing is guaranteed.

That all men are equal is a proposition which,

at ordinary times,

no sane individual has ever given his assent.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

Love is not to be purchased and affection has no price.

The road to success and greatness is always paved

with consistent hard work.

I don’t know why people think dreams are nonsense.

I love to travel,

but hate to arrive.

Until you make the unconscious conscious,

it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it

and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Smile,

even if you’re dying inside.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback.

If you don't ask,

you don't get

Stevie Wonder

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major general.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot

if you don't put a few nickels in the machine

Flip Wilson

The most luxurious possession,

the richest treasure anybody has,

is his personal dignity.

The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people

forget that certain other sets of people are human.

I always try to stay grounded and know who I am.

My wife wants sex in the back of the car

and she wants me to drive.