People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
DICK GREGORYYou hear entertainers all the time, saying, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for this, I’d do it for free.’ When’s the last time you ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free?’
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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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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Makes you wonder. When I left St. Louis, I was making five dollars a night. Now I’m getting $5,000 a week — for saying the same things out loud I used to say under my breath.
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You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.
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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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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 never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
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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 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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Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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