"When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any.""

"When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, "Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3."

"I went to penitentiary one time, not me personally, but me and Gene went there for a movie. "Arizona State Penitentiary" Population: 80 percent black people. But there are no black people in Arizona, they have to bus motherfuckers in!"

"I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!"

"Why me? Ten million motherfuckers freebasing, and I'm the one who blows up!"

"Let me tell you what really happened... Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up."

"I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit."

"First name Mr, middle name 'period', last name T!"

"You got to believe in the ball, and throw your self. (Not Another Teen Movie)"

"Teachin' fools some basic rules! (I pity the fool)"

"The jibba jabba stops here! (I pity the fool)"

"Life's tough, but I'm tougher! (I pity the fool)"

"I don't hate fools, I pity them! (I pity the fool)"

"Hey fool, this ain't no football game! (A-Team)"

"You gonna lose a deal over $35? Thats chump change! My lunch cost $35!"

"Love is a verb... and Verbs show action"

"Eight out of twenty?!? That's only a third, and third rhymes with Turd! That's bad."

"Take it from me...Mr.T"

"I pity that chump Conan O'Brien."

"I pity Screech, because everybody pitied Screech. --NBC 75th Anniversary Special"

"It's a crack baby....FOOL"

"Mother, I always Love Her. My Mother. So treat Her right, treat Her right."

"Mother, There is No Other. Like Mother So treat Her right, treat Her right."

"Hannibal is on the jazz."

"What!?! Idiot shot the tires on my van!!"

"I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world."

"I'm on a real short leash here, and I'm tired of your crazy rap!"

"Don't make me mad, Arrr!"

"I got no time for the jibba-jabba."

"Where's the meat? This sandwich is full of weeds! I don't eat nothing I don't know!"

"Everything started as a dream. You gotta have insight, know what you want. You gotta have a plan. Like I tell anybody, if you fail to plan, you're planning to fail. I've been planning ever since I was a youngster. You've got to start from somewhere. There's nothing wrong or demeaning in flipping burgers. It's more proud than selling drugs."

"I ain't getting on no plane, Hannibal!"

"Shut up Murdock, crazy fool!"

"Hey, sucka!"

"You don't rehearse Mr. T, you just turn him loose."

""You've got to testify! Tell somebody about it. God is good!" "I pity the fool that don't get it." - Mr. T going for Jury Duty."

"People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don't give advice. Dr Phil gives advice. Mr T helps people. I motivate them, I inspire them, I give them hope, and I plant the seed so they can feel good about themselves."

"I'm not perfect, I'm not an angel, but I try to live a certain way because it brings honour and respect to my mother. I tell people that when they look at me, they're looking at nothing but a big, overgrown, tough mama's boy. That's who I am."

"I said "Hell no, because you didn't find a weapon; or if that's the charge you would have to lock me up because my hands and feet are deadly weapons.""

"When you see me now, I'm nothing but a big overgrown tough mama's boy. And I speak that with glee because the problem with society is we don't have enough mama's boys."

"I tell people that I was born and raised in the ghetto, but the ghetto was not born and raised in me."

"I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn't want to win to buy a diamond – I didn't have no diamonds then. I didn't want to win to buy a car, I didn't want to win to bring a couple of chicks downtown to a hotel. I wanted to win to feed the poor people of the community."

"You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans."

"I think about my father being called 'boy,' my uncle being called 'boy,' my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called 'boy.' So I questioned myself: 'What does a black man have to do before he's given the respect as a man?' So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody's mouth is 'Mr.' That's a sign of respect that my father didn't get, that my brother didn't get, that my mother didn't get."

"I pity the university for not giving T enough time. You know I got all duded up, got dressed, the students were all ready for me, then they gave me short time. So I pity them. So if they want to be unpitied, they'll invite me back and give me more time."

"I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don't get too close man. It's hard to pity a fool if you get too close."

"People ask me what the "T" stands for in my name. If you're a man, the "T" stands for tough. If you're a woman or child, it stands for tender!"

"It takes a smart guy to play dumb."

"For 5 years Mr. T disappeared. Fools went unpitied and Jibba-Jabba went unchallenged!"

"I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... rules."