You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
Each day is a new beginning, I know that the only way to live my life is to try to do what is right, to take the long view, to give of my best in all that the day brings, and to put my trust in God.
My old, wise father once said: Freedom of speech is a right to write and speak, not a duty! But of course: Freedom of speech is by its nature unlimited, and it applies to everyone, even the stupid and provocative.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
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’m called the poorest president, but I do not feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.
I predict that by end of the 20th century, Americans will enjoy 13 weeks of vacation and a 4 day work week.
You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to your inner self.
A woman with good shoes is never ugly.
You have to go through hell to be successful. There’s a reason the devil wears Prada.
For me, the life of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, … is an inspiration and an anchor in my life.
Why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam in your own eye?
Accepting your nose is the first step to self-love.
It’s – sorry my French – some damn nonsense. There are certainly also pig farmers and cattle farmers who go in clean boots and clothes. You will probably find most of them, so that is why it is nonsense.
Life isn’t perfect but your outfit can be.
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying.
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. This is where the rich use public transport.
Take from the poor and give to the rich – and the land will become richer. Take from the rich, and give to the poor – and the land will become poorer. The poor have it in them to scrape the money away.
When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving, him a liar: you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered.
Wearing unbranded and cheap clothes does not mean you are poor. Remember you have a family to feed, not a community to impress.
People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
Never underestimate the power of a good outfit on a bad day.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
You may have had fun at the time teasing, but in fact it wasn’t much fun to be teased. But I thank you, somewhere, for having done it, because it made me take up something that I love to this day – and that no one, then or now, can take me away from.