“Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah.”

I don’t think I do have a soul.

What they have forgotten they have forgotten: what they meant to do instead of fall is not in earth or time recoverable the fossils of intention, the shapes of rot.

Uneasily the leaves fall at this season, forgetting what to do or where to go; the red amnesiacs of autumn drifting thru the graveyard forest.

If I could live my life all over I’d do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there’s no way lord, to leave this love behind.

Pakistan’s being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show

I’m thankful for every moment.

I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly.

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that’ll give you the shirt off their back.

Trials can be hard, if you don’t know God.

I didn’t have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

Suicide is not an answer, it’s destruction.

And I’ve also found people that won’t give you a piece of bread if you’re starving to death.

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves.

The music is the message, the message is the music.

Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.

Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.

I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.

I can’t begin to describe the amount of crap I’ve taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.