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“The best part about being a stand-up is the connection with the audience. There's nothing more gratifying then when you can make 300 people applaud and stand up - because that's all you.”
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“I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us.”
Source : Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco
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“Sometimes people think success comes over night. There is no such thing, anyone you ever see that is successful has worked at it and if they do it well and calculate it just right they will make it look easy. Life is no fun if you don't get a few bumps and bruises along the way.”
Source : FaceBook post by Tyler Shields from Mar 18, 2015 
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“Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.”
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“I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.”
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“The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.”
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“When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.”
Source : FaceBook post by Mumia Abu Jamal from Sep 10, 2011
