“If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.”

“And I says back to him, “Calvin, sounding like an educated man don’t make you educated,” and he says back to me, “I'd rather be ignorant and sound educated than be educated and sound ignorant,” and I said, “Why?” and he says to me, “Because if you sound educated then nobody ever tests you to find out, but if you sound ignorant they never stop.””

“Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.”

“People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you.”

“You educate a man; you educate a Man. You educate a woman; you educate a Generation. ”

“You are a fool, sir priest. Ignorance may excuse you. It will certainly kill you.”

“I didn’t really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.”

“preety girls behave best when you ignore them”

“You think that's the solution to everything, don't you, Bane? Drinking and dancing and making love… but I tell you this, something is coming, and we'd be fools to ignore it."
"When have I ever claimed not to be a fool?”

“[If] you don't have any soul and you don't have any talent, jazz is what you should do. … any fool can do it; all you gotta do is practice.”