“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” – Samuel Adams

Mike Tyson is one of my favorite people. He may not always do the right things. But he says exactly what's on his mind to whomever. With him, you need not wonder about perception and diplomacy. Mike Tyson may hurt you physically, but he will never back stab you. If I ever need a friend, it will be someone like Mike Tyson. Who needs a smiling diplomat who will kill your spirit with a knife of betrayal, in garb of friendship?

SI: You famously converted to Islam. Are you still very religious?
Tyson: You know, people say, "My god is better than your god." But how do we prove whose god is better? And this is when it gets really interesting. This is how we prove whose god is better than whose: [by saying,] "I'm going to kill you, or you're going to kill me first." And that's real godly. That's real godly. Yeah. I bet you people think, I wonder who would win a fight with the Prophet Mohammad and Jesus? These are sick people. This is crazy, you know what I mean?

"The Bridges of Madison County" is about two people who find the promise of perfect personal happiness, and understand, with sadness and acceptance, that the most important things in life are not always about making yourself happy. - Roger Ebert

Life doesn't give you what you love or what you want. Life gives you what you fight for. - Art Williams