If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
BERNIE MACYou don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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