black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.

Dave Chappelle

No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Answer Children Hands Old Phone Yourself
The kid is the best thing that ever happened to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Best Children Myself
Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Bad Fame Greatness Horrible
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Bad Country God Hope Land Myself Swear
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Happy High Myself
I got a lot of positive people around me.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Myself People Positive
I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Fantasy Myself
I don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Drama Fun Money Myself Show
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Enjoyment Myself Thinking Time
When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Happiness Life Myself Reality Time
I care about the work I do. But I’m not going to say that money’s not an issue.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Care Issues Money Myself Work
I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Black Man Myself Thinking
I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Goodness Life Money Oneself Time
The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Angry Himself Mindset People Position
You got to be careful of the company you keep.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Care Company Yourself
Fame for me is like a place, a country I’m taking a tour through.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Country Fame Place
The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Greatness Mark Yourself
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Encouragement Funny Myself Responsibility Sketch Social
If I can make a teacher’s salary doing comedy, I think that’s better than being a teacher.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Better Myself Salary Teacher Thinking
You know, be able to do something great in your life, you’re gonna have to realize your failures. You’re gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Failure Greatness Life Mark Realization Yourself
Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Important Invention Yourself
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.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Hate Joke Myself People Race Reason Thinking
Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Himself Religious Scripture Sin Smoking
There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Feeling Stand
I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Association Learning People Religion Talk Yourself
The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Boundary Limitation Yourself
If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.
DAVE CHAPPELLE

Lose People Right Yourself

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they’re socially callous.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Dave Chappelle Quotes