There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but he introduced a form of Islam that would communicate with the people he had to deal with. He was the king to those who had no king, and he was the messiah to those some people thought unworthy of a messiah.

I caddied for Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley long before they became generals or president, for that matter. Just between you and me, Bradley tipped better than Eisenhower did.

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work.