I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I’m from Miami, which wasn’t getting looked at at the time. Three, I’m Cuban.

Teaching 23-year-olds in an MBA programme strikes me as largely a waste of time. They lack the background of experience. You can teach them skills – accounting and what have you – but you can’t teach them management.

I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body’s Southern song – the fusion of the South, my body’s song and me.

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.

When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.