“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”

“Don't hire anyone you wouldn't want to run into in the hallway at three in the morning.”

“By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.”

“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”

“Some people say, Never let them see you cry. I say, if youre so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart.”

“Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we cant drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we cant have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are ...”

“That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart.”