I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
DICK GREGORYMy belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
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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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I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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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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You 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?’
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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.
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One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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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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Even though he understood the depths of racism and black oppression, Ali lived his life as a free man—a free loving and lovable man.
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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