“Never ever waver. Be on record. Don’t be on the wrong side of history.”

The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.

We only get to play this game one time, one life.

Time – the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.

It’s very logical: There is proven ROI in doing whatever you can to turn your customers into advocates for your brand or business. The way to create advocates is to offer superior customer service.

If your organization’s intentions transcend the mere act of selling a product or service, and it is brave enough to expose its heart and soul, people will respond. They will connect. They will like you. They will talk. They will buy.

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

All your ideas may be solid or even good .. But you have to Actually EXECUTE on them for them to matter.

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

What you do after you create your content is what truly counts.

It’s not about what you’re saying, it’s about how you listen.

It’s not how many followers you have, it’s how many care. It’s not width, it’s depth. It’s not how many impressions you get, it’s how much attention you get.

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn’t due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.

I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.

An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain.

The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.

I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not.

The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.