There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.

Violence is man re-creating himself.

Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it then that bridge ought not to be built.

Each generation must discover its mission fulfill it or betray it in relative opacity.

Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.

A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language.

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

I see myself more as an action director. All right, I do enjoy intense, bloodthirsty action but I like to blend and cross genres. I don't want to be too predictable.

It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.

I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at the same time, judges play a crucial role in safeguarding liberty and protecting the rights of all citizens.

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.

I don't think that McMahon thinks very much about the fact that J.R and I have been successful. I don't think that McMahon thinks the wrestling announcers really have that much to contribute the show.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.

Traveling around the world and preaching for over 70 years did not give much time for reflection.

They definitely mean to maintain that the process called death is a mere severence of soul and body, and that the soul is freed rather than injured thereby.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

Happy Memorial day to our fallen soldiers. May their bravery and heroism be remembered and honored forever.

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn as obstinate as passionate as crazy as the other.

It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.

I don't really want to be the centre of attention.

Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.

Few Iranians these days go through the fiction of calling themselves 'Persian.' Calling yourself Persian is a way of distancing themselves from Iran.

I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.

It's a very, very tricky situation. I haven't said yes to either of them.

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

Milk Duds kept me going.

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship.