Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

Integrity is the premium of your character.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.  

I mean, I do think at a certain point you have made enough money.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigar and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the interval between them.

Wit is educated insolence

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.