I wouldn’t mind paying taxes – if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.
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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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They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
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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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I tell people, ‘If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.’
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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
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I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet.
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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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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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You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.
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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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When you shoot right and truth and justice down, the more right and truth and justice will rise up.
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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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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete’s feet don’t exist, there’s something wrong.
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