And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.
My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.
They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining.
I love this cornbread so much, I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant.
Don't follow in my footsteps. Be original, and create your own path. Be a trailblazer! Do you! Be better than me. Do you! Be happy and have joy in your life.
I live life and I don't take it for granted.
My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back."
I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.
When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.
I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.
Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.
I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.
If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.
The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight… I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society.
In my heart, I really don't care who you love, same sex or not; as long as you have the ability to love, that's the important thing here.
Make your judgments and then you don't have to worry about it. You're always going to have those people who are offended about every little thing.
I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.
Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.
When I do stand-up... I get to do whatever I want to do. There's no boundaries. You'll get to know me. You'll leave with a piece of me.
I'm old, and so busy with work, that I like to just stay home and get my sleep now. I try not to burn both ends of the candle.
I see the ups and downs. I see the mistakes I've made. I see a funny person. I see a serious person. I see a diamond. I see the good times. I see the bad times. And I see knowledge of self. I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.
It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.
If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.
I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of the Apes' every night.
