"I can wash out forty-four pairs of socks an' have 'em hangin' out on the line I can starch an' iron two dozens shirts before you can count from one to nine I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippin's can Throw it in the skillet, go out an' do my shopping, and be back before it melts in the pan'Cause I'm a woman W-O-M-A-N I'll say it again"

"Don't, don't," that's what you say Each time that I hold you this way When I feel like this and I want to kiss you Baby, don't say "don't"

"The warden said, "come out with your hands up in the air If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair" Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit""

"Treat me like a fool Treat me mean and cruel But love me Break my faithful heart Tear it all apart But love meIf you ever go Darlin', I'll be oh so lonely I'll be sad and blue Crying over you dear only"

"Well, I got a girl and Ruby is her name She don't love me but I love her just the same Ruby, Ruby, how I want ya Like a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt ya Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?"

"One day while I was eatin' beans at Smokey Joe's Cafe Just sittin' diggin' all the scenes at Smokey Joe's Cafe A chick came walkin' through the door That I had never seen before At least I never saw her down at Smokey Joe's Cafe And I started shakin' When she sat right down next to me"

"I've got pains in my head Dead on my feet My pantry's empty I ain't eaten for a weekHard times - ooh I feel so bad When I lost my baby, I lost everything I had"

"I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come They got a crazy way of lovin' there And I'm gonna get me someI'm gonna be standing on the corner Twelfth Street and Vine I'm gonna be standing on the corner Twelfth Street and Vine With my Kansas City baby And a bottle of Kansas City wine"

"I saw her standin' on the corner A yellow ribbon in her hair I couldn't keep myself from shoutin' Look-a there...Young Blood Young Blood Young Blood I can't get you out of my mind"

"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door You can wag your tail But I ain't gonna feed you no more"

"Well, now, if I have to swim a river, You know I will. And a if I have to climb a mountain, You know I will. And a if she's a hiding up On a blueberry hill, Am I gonna find her, child? You know I will. 'Cause I've been searchin'. Oh, yeah, searchin'. My goodness, searchin' every which a-way."

"The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds singLet's rock Everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock"

"Lucky lips are always kissing Lucky lips are never blue Lucky lips will always find a pair Of lips that will be true I don't need a four-leaf clover Rabbit's foot or good luck charm With lucky lips, I'll always have A fellow in my arms"

"I'd fuck you, but I don't have a change for a 5."

"They lockin' old white cookbook bitches up!"

"My experience with first-time directors is that they’re all extremely prepared, because I guess they’re worried. They spend weeks preparing everything, and they have to get used to the fact that once you get there, everything goes wrong and you have to make everything up."

"We lean on our church heavily, and they have helped us a lot, particularly in recent years... I have fame on the level of Marilyn Monroe, John Belushi, or Elvis Presley, but part of the reason I didn't go the way they did was because of my beliefs. People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about."

"There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth. Preston insists the Scientology-friendly labour doesn't forbid the mum-to-be from yelling out in pain. Screaming is fine... It's the words. If you can avoid saying certain phrases and words... Just try to keep it as quiet as possible. Of course, you are going to groan and yell. It hurts. Just keep it to a minimum."

"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

"...Danny Aykroyd went his own way when I became head of Lorimar Pictures in 1987. He said, "I can't understand the head of a management company also running a studio. There's something wrong about it." I told Danny it could only work in his favor, but he laughed. He's such a straight citizen. Maybe he was right. But with no paper to haggle over, the parting was friendly. And he's such a good guy that although I haven't represented him in years, every month he sends the Blues Brothers records' royalties I'm due, or a commission on an old acting job. Sometimes the check is for $17. Doesn't matter. I love that continuity and caring and respect."

"You know, even when the material wasn't so good, I've gotten to work with the greats, and I've always given it my best shot. I'm satisfied with my work. I could stop tomorrow, and if Bright Young Things was my last role, I could say I tidied it up with dignity."

"Greetings and death to our enemies."

"Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50.00 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to."

"I was never into the powders or pills. I tried it all but didn't like that clenched-teeth feeling. I didn't like the "I'm a palpitating rabbit and I'm gonna solve the world's problems" feeling either. I drank some beer. I'm still here."

"Try not to measure your success by the success of others. Success should be defined by one person...Yourself."

"Choose respect over fame every time. Fame is just attention. Respect is an attribute of love."

"Some will love you. Some will hate you. Most won't care about you either way. This world is all Good vs. Evil. And I fight evil."

"To be unknown but loved by just one is better than being known by many but loved by none."

"I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years."

"The fear that rules us comes NOT from the outside but from within. Mastering self-control also means stripping the rulers of a prized weapon."

"Fear and Sex are the two most effective weapons that are used against the people. Tempering desire motivates liberation."

"Separate wealth from value. All living things have value. We impart this value upon lifeless things to give them worth not vice versa."

"If you feel comfortable, and you feel happy, and successful at your job, then that’s success. You define that as success, then that’s success. Success is not a general thing. It’s a personal thing. It’s a personal attribute."

"You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules."

"Never apologize for being real...ever. Reality is the enemy of fakes, frauds, liars and protectors of ignorance. It scares them."

"In darkness is where we truly find ourselves, in light we only find others and in others you cannot find yourself."

"Consider power as NOT getting people to obey you, but getting people to work in harmony with you with the goal being mutual benefit."

"Greed redefined and corrupted what true power is. Domination is for the weak, Harmony is the true sign of strength."

"My teacher's like, "Mr. Jaco?" "Yes?" "With all that knowledge, You aint trying to go to college? Be a lawyer or a doctor, Get a whole lotta dollars? Rather degrade women and glorify violence?" "Well the work that works for me might not work for you No homework, I got work to do.""

"I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence,Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it."

"Come across as very calm, mental state is Zen like. Always had a lot of heart, never been the tin type"

"Knowledge alone is not power, knowledge plus action equals power. Knowledge is useless without action and vice versa."

"I'm not a prophet but Fahrenheit 1/15 is being quoted by preachers. Far from being a leader but I'm still being invited by teachers."

"And baby girl what does it matter where your purse from. Your hair done, your nails did, your ass fat...but you're dumb."

"The future's cloudy and it's rainin on the poor class. Road to peace is closed, heavy traffic on the war paths"

"My most coveted thing is a high self-esteem, and a low tolerance for them telling me how to lean, see the most important parts are the ones that are unseen, cause the wings don't make you fly and the crown don't make you king"

"So tell my enemies that they can’t injure me, I know that irritates, you have my sympathies."

"Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts, if you think that hurts then wait here comes the upper-cut, the school was garbage in the first place that's on the up and up."

"You're from the isle of ghosts and, as you know, there are ghosts walking around all over the place over there. Loads of people have seen them, heard a voice or felt the cold temperature. I believe that they are between here and there, that they exist between the fourth and the fifth dimension and that they visit us frequently."

"Rap records pressured to laugh, at a life not fast."