Quotes

We have no right to complain about any condition affecting the quality of our lives, unless we are doing something about it.

[on why he once posted an extremely-misguided photo on X, then Twitter] There I was, 2:30 in the morning on Sunday morning. You know, I do the show Saturday night, I did a great show on black-on-black crime and race relations and the Trayvon Martin fallout and federal charges ... and I get home and there's no one to talk to, everyone's asleep. And you just sit around, I had a drink and, you know, I had taken that picture Saturday morning and I was looking at it, just going through and I said 'you know, I gotta tweet this thing. I look pretty good for a 70-year-old. And I think because I'm so old people will cut me some slack, they won't take it took seriously. And I just pushed the trigger.

In reference to his mansion in Shaker Heights: "This house is going to be my tomb. It has a great big basement and plenty of rooms for boxes. I brought most of my mementos."