One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
DICK GREGORYWhen I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, ‘I’ve been gypped,’ or, ‘He welshed on the deal.’
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp – just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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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When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!
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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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I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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