My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, she would stomp you to death.
DICK GREGORYI tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet.
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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.
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No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind.
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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
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You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
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You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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