Quotes from Hill Harper

I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.

Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office.

If you have a debt issue or credit card issue, start dealing with it. If you have a tax issue, don't just say, 'I'm not going to file.' There are ways to deal with these things, but you must communicate with your creditors, whether it's a credit card company or tax department.

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

When I get stopped by the police, I keep my hands on the wheel. I'm not going to move.

Let me tell you, if you're ever making a decision and the principle reason you'll do it is because of money, then it is absolutely the incorrect decision.

You're in a situation where you have limited education opportunities, you don't have any money, you can't get a job; what are you going to do? You're going to go back to this criminal network that you actually made while you were in prison.

People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental.

Many of us are in are in our own prisons that aren't made of iron bars.

I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape.

My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

Health is actually the foundational tool to help us live the life.

All work and no play make any forensic pathologist a dull boy.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing?

What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too.

On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy.

I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children.

You deserve a great life. I want to see you become unreasonably happy. And you can. And you will.

Part of the problem I find with money books is that there's this whole set of money books that make you feel almost guilty to spend a dollar.

Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - 'fear' for me stands for 'false evidence appearing real.' We create fantasy, and in certain ways that's wonderful because it allows people to escape. But it can suck people into wanting to achieve something that isn't real.

The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part.