Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.

It's just like, damn - I'm competing with myself.

My personality is humongous.

If you want it, and the more you keep hearing you can't have it, you just go and get it.

What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.

People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I made a lot of money. I had a good time, and it showed me a lot.

I cannot turn my life back around. I'm already a public figure, I'm famous... It's like, I might as well keep it going, might as well make the money.

I was a little hesitant to do 'Love & Hip-Hop' because sometimes reality TV can be good for your music career and sometimes bad.

I don't want my personality to overshadow my talent.

To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good.

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

My mom kicked me out a couple of weeks before my 18th birthday. I had a job for about six, seven months at a supermarket, and they fired me for being late.

I was a loner; I was never the crazy party girl.

I'd rather have money and be broken-hearted than be broke and broken-hearted.

Being a feminist is being equal to do what a man do.

Music never felt like a job.

I wanna hear myself everywhere.

Say yes to everything. 'You want me to buy you some food?' Yes. 'You want me to buy you a car?' Yes.

The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.

I'm an October baby, yes.

I was always scared to follow my dreams because if I follow my dreams and I fail, I can't dream about it anymore. It's easier to settle for less.

I do feel kind of guilty sometimes 'cause, like, I could buy myself a $5,000 dress or a $3,000 dress, and I'm buying these things, but I'm knowing that my cousin need money for the rent. And then I gotta tell myself, 'Stop feeling guilty. You worked for this.'

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

I'm gonna be famous forever.

I'll do something that brings me a check.

Ever since I started using guys, I feel so much better about myself. I feel so much more powerful.

If a girl have beef with me, she gon' have beef with me forever.

I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.

When you hear my lyrics, you hear the shots that I throw at people. I throw shots because I always been the underdog. I got rejected so many times, and I say it in my lyrics constantly.

A lot of females, they want to do the things that I do. Some females are so closed, but they want to be open. Some girls, they want to feel that power that I tell them that I have. I tell women that I have power over these men, that I use these men.

People are afraid to be themselves because people are afraid to be recorded. Everything is being recorded, and everyone is so sensitive. You say something; a section of people will be offended. It's so annoying; you got to be completely censored.

The women that inspire me to be honest are the women that struggle.

My Instagram got deleted a lot of times. I used to do rough jokes and curse a lot.

I'm on my phone 24-7. I see everything. I hear everything. I am the voice of the streets.

I'm not as open as I used to be. I'm a little bit more filtered, and it kind of sucks, but it's the price you pay to get paid.

It's not that people want to be like me, but some want to say the things I say and can't because they're afraid. I say it for them.

I cry sometimes. I get very upset.

When women come up to me like, 'I am a freaking senator,' or, 'I'm a doctor,' it's like, 'Damn, y'all like me? I look up to y'all!'

My sister's name is Hennessy, so everybody used to be, like, 'Bacardi' to me. Then I shortened it to Cardi B. The 'B' stands for whatever, depending on the day... beautiful or bully.

No one calls me Belcalis except for my family, my mother, and my daddy.

I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.

I think beautiful is like looking like you take care of yourself.

I'm a woman. Every woman, I think, wants to get married and wants to have children.

It's never too early to get married now.

People should listen to my music because it's good.