Braininess is not attractive unless combined with some signs of elegance; class.
If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.
Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.
A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.
The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.
It don't matter as long as he can count up to 10
How would you like to find out how good my right is?
To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It also should have a manual drill and a crank handle in case the machine breaks down. If you're going to write, you have to find out what's bad for you. Part of that you learn fast, and then you learn what's good for you.
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
My childhood years were a balance of dark and light.
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.