Makes you wonder. When I left St. Louis, I was making five dollars a night. Now I’m getting $5,000 a week — for saying the same things out loud I used to say under my breath.
DICK GREGORYThe only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.
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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 wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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Just being a Negro doesn’t qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.
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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 never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
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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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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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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 tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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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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The only good thing about the good old days is they’re gone.
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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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can’t afford it.
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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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