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.
DICK GREGORYYou 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.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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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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It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.
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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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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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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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 never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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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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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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