Dick Gregory quotes - page 2

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained. (Dick Gregory)

Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.

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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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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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To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

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Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

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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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Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.

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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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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 used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.' (Dick Gregory)

When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.'

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Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

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Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

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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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You know, I always say white is not a colour, 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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Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

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I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.

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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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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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I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi. (Dick Gregory)

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.

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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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Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

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It's cool to be healthy.

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Occupation: American Comedian
Born: October 12, 1932
Died: August 19, 2017
Quotes count: 52
Wikipedia: Dick Gregory

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