Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
DICK GREGORYI am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp – just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, ‘I’ve been gypped,’ or, ‘He welshed on the deal.’
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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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My 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.
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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
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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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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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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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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete’s feet don’t exist, there’s something wrong.
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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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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don’t have the ability to be lovable.
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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.
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