To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
DICK GREGORYRiches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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People with high blood pressure, diabetes – those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.
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I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp – just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
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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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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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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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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.
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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First-class.
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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you.
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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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