Al Roker

Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip everything down, that's all you've got, so always be yourself.

My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So... you're black.'

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.