The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
DICK GREGORYAmerica will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don’t misuse a household pet.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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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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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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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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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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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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Home was a place to be only when all other places were closed.
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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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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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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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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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Every door of racial prejudice I can kick down, is one less door that my children have to kick down.
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If democracy is such a good thing, let’s have more of it.
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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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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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