Richard Pryor Quotes Page 3

“Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.”

“What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.”

“What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone sh*tting in your mouth?”

“What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.”

“When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.”

“When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!”

“Who you gonna believe, bitch? Me? Or your lying eyes?”

“Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.”

“You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.”

“You can't talk about f*cking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.”

“You don't get to be old bein' no fool.”

“You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.”