They told me there was very little racial prejudice in Hawaii. Like a woman is just a little bit pregnant.
DICK GREGORYRevolution ain’t nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature.
More Dick Gregory Quotes
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There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
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I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices.
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I’m not a comic. I’m a humorist.
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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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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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You know, I always say white is not a color, white is an attitude, and if you haven’t got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don’t need, you can’t be white.
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Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother’s milk.
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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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We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First-class.
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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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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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My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that’s never been explained.
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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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Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said: ‘that’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
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