Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
DICK GREGORYOnce I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble.
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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago, it’s a sport.
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I used to get letters saying, ‘I didn’t know black children and white children were the same.’
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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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It’s cool to be healthy.
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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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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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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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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasn’t no 24-hour news.
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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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