"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."

"I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one."

"Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave."

"God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another."

"I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle."

"Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread."

"Did you ever see the customers in health - food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half - dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific."

"I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20."