If you fail in your preparation, you might as well prepare to fail.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
If it’s dancing, or anything else in life my darling, that matters to you, then don’t let anything or anyone stop you.
When I go to bed at night, I hope they are gone the next morning, but they are still there the next morning.
I would like to play for an Italian club, such as Barcelona.
Don’t let what you can’t do get in the way of what you can.
I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God…I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.
By 2030, we will be working for as little as 15 hours a week.
If you absolutely don’t have time to make your own mayonnaise, Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is the only store-bought mayonnaise that will do.
If we think that the way we live is good enough, then we’re completely wrong. You have to be able to doubt so that you can see that it can be done differently.
I’m attracted to myths.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
I was mortified that she disappeared before me, sitting at her writing desk, surrounded by classical music. A cerut in hand and a glass of whisky within reach.
I can’t give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody.
Life is like a game of chess. I don’t know how to play chess.
You have to take the wrinkles that come. And all those who get their skin sprayed and look like wounded warriors for a long time, become very little prettier, but look so sour. The smile is actually the best face-lift, I think.
Do you ever miss yourself? The person you were before you had your first heartbreak or before you got betrayed by a person you trusted? I do.
I want a globe as a birthday present – in life size.
If you can’t outplay them, you have to outfight them.
Sometimes you need to let go of everything – cleanse yourself. If you’re unhappy with something… whatever it is that’s dragging you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self, comes out.
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Sometimes, the wrong train takes you to the right station.
I’ve never worried about my color. I never had the black thing. If the whole world was like this, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe it is. I don’t have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.
I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the wind.
Idleness is the root of all art