They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
DICK GREGORYNo 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.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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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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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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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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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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The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
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It’s cool to be healthy.
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And 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.
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Once I realized the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
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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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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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I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.
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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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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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Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.
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