There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I think, for most of us is that once you get to a certain place in your career you're not having to… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I can't count the number of people I've talked to over the course of my career who have said to me that… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people who go to drama school have this ease with the text and they all have five… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
This country is going to implode, or put another way, it's going to get crushed under the weight of poverty. You can't… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I fear that we are living in a society, living in a world where forgiving people is becoming more and more difficult… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I believed that President Obama was a good choice a couple of years ago because I felt that, as a black man,… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I use the phrase "fellow citizen" all the time when referring to the - people always say, "The American people, the American… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Life is about committing ourselves on a daily basis to the best in us. Freedom is a state of mind. Freedom is… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I don't want the Obama era to be more about symbolism than substance when it comes to black people. I love him,… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I'm always fascinated by people from the Midwest, because it is so different than Hollywood, who discover at some point that they… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I'm very musically curious and I love new experience. I'm an adventurer. Some people want to sort of stay in a safe… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I love my cross-sectioned, cross-cultural audience. Some of them are doing better than the average guy, but my audience has always been… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships. Now that I'm in the broadcast business, and people talk about… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I think the issue of women's choice is essential for a woman being able to have their lives - if they cannot control their… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
I believe there is nothing we endure in life that you can't recover from. Failure is not fatal. Everyone has the capacity to fail… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
I love the fight. I don't - it's not a negative, it's a positive, and I love the challenge. There's that little part of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
I'm talking about France and Germany and Italy and Spain - new friend Germany - and I love that story, how they lead the… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
Sometimes even your friends don't understand your calling, your purpose, your vocation. But you have to stand in your truth anyway, and they will… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
Fear, fear, breeds hopelessness. When you're afraid, you don't know what to believe in, you don't know what to hold on to. You're struggling… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a medal-winning performance… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share
