"The great ages did not contain the best talent, they wasted less."

“I'm a big buffet dude, or I'm a big cheap-food-and-order-more-when-I-need-it dude.”

“Well, we lost it, and that’s all there is to that.”

“I didn't start the business to make a pile of money. I did it to preserve myself for old age.”

“Nature is that lovely lady to whom we owe polio, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, cancer.”

“There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top.”

“Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy has usually meant that subordinate groups must surrender their identities, beliefs, values, and assimilate by adopting the values and beliefs of privileged-class whites, rather than promoting racial harmony this thinking has created a fierce cultural protectionism.”

“Probably "I love my life" would be something I would say out loud to the planet - just that positive affirmation. And also, "Life is short," "Don't take yourself so seriously," and "Lighten the f - k up." And if that offends you, you really need to lighten the f - k up.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.”

Source : "San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris Talks To Kimberly Marteau About Her New Book Smart On Crime". Interview with Kimberly Marteau Emerson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.