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.
DICK GREGORYMy 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.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we were in Mississippi.
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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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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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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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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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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
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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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I personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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