50 Cent

(On his feud with rapper Ja Rule) Right now he’s desperate. He should be talking about me, not Eminem and (Dr. Dre) and everybody else. He’ll lose, he knows that. The route that he has to take is the “I’m a mad gangsta” hardcore route, and ain’t nobody gonna believe him.

(on his feuds with many of his fellow rappers) If they keep comin’ at me, I’ll just keep responding back until they don’t exist anymore. I got the time and energy to ruin what is left of their careers, if they want to do that.

Hate a liar more than I hate thief. A thief is only after my salary a liar is after my reality.

I love you like a fat kid loves cake.

I’m the type to swallow my blood ‘fore I swallow my pride.

A lot of kids join the army to get a college education. That’s why they do it, and they get sent into these horrible situations.

I have cellulite. I have stretch marks. I feel intimidated by Victoria’s Secret. Hollywood is one of those endless competitions, but it’s like running a race toward nothing. There’s no winning. You’re never going to win the pretty race. I just want to be the best version of myself that I can be.

I love Scrubs. It’s the best day job in the world.

Music is for every single person that walks the planet.

An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I’m going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay.

When I was going to school in, like, ’84 to ’88, you didn’t have cell phones. There was no e-mail, if you can wrap your brain around that.

You’d be surprised how much fun you start to have once ya stop giving A f**k.

Whenever you’re scared of something, don’t let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

[on Amy Poehler] Not only is she not afraid to look silly, she’s not afraid to let you throw her in the air like a basketball and catch her.

It’s nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good.

It’s difficult when you’re successful, to admit that you need help.

Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying ‘I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award.’ The other is ‘You want fries with that?’

Ninety-five percent of my audience was white.

I do worry – a lot.

I try to keep my ego at the right size. No matter what, I just do my best to live in an attitude of gratitude.