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" Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know. "

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" Think about just how much we'd get accomplished if we collectively viewed the people with whom we came into contact as just an American and not an American with a prefix. "

" Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else. "

" I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to. "

" I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist. "

" We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner. "

" It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented. "

" People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!' "

" The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it. "

" In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.' "

" There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar! "

" If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else. "

" There's a degree of deception in silence. "

" When people ask me why I'm amazed at what Barack Obama has accomplished, I tell them it's not because of what most of America and the world sees and knows of his history. It's because I witnessed what I can only describe as a bizarre turn of events that thrust him into position to even become a U.S. senator. "

" I was born gay, just as I was born black. "

" Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have. "

" My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me. "

" I'm not concerned with what people think of me. "

" Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even use the prey that you kill with an assault rifle if you indeed do it. "

" Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it. "

" I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills. "

" I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can? "

" Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric. "

" Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. "

" I abhor hypocrisy. "

" Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all, and we are becoming more of one society, of a global society, so something that happens in the Middle East or something that happens in Africa, something that happens in Asia, affects all of us. "

" I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge. "

" When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features. "

" I am a big devourer of James Baldwin. "

" When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit. "

" The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. "