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I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
My toughest fight was with my first wife.
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.