Journalism is one of the devices whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy; it is the day-by-day, between-elections propaganda, whereby the minds of the people are kept in a state of acquiescence, so that when the crisis of an election comes, they go to the polls and cast their ballots for either one of the two candidates of their exploiters.

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People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

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Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

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Would America have been America without her Negro people?

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I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.

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People can put you down, and they will but Allah will never abandon you, so long as you don’t.

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Don't allow one negative incident to cause you to lose hope in people. ― Germany Kent

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You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you. ― DJ Khaled

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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

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The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.

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