When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.
DICK GREGORYAnd we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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 personally believe breathatarianism to be the highest mode of human living breathing in pure air, absorbing the direct light and energies of the sun, bathing in pure water I look at the obituaries every morning and ain’t nobody listed but you eaters.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we were in Mississippi.
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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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Revolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
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In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
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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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I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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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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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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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.
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