Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
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I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
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All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.
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For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.
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I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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I started when I was 14. I figured out that’s what I wanted to do when I was 14. Even when I was six, I can remember people telling me, “You’re gonna be a comedian,” and all this stuff.
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People don’t know what it’s like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear – I’m not mad at anybody – not anymore.
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I’m happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn’t make things easier, but I’m so much better at handling them.
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The world can’t tell you who you are. You’ve just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.
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Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I’m seven years late for work.
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The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
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My wife asked me once if I weren’t a comedian, what I would do. I couldn’t answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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