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You got to be careful of the company you keep.

I don't really frick with Africa cause people are starving to death and that's not ballin' to me.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.

I wish I had more hands, so I could give those titties four thumbs down!

I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

What is wrong with me i just bought a bag of weed from an infant.

Everyone around me says, You're a genius! You're great! That's your voice! But I'm not sure if they're right.

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

I don't care if I ever work in TV again.

I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.

I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?

America, I appreciate you liking me.

My generation is under-entertained.

I'm rich biotchh!

New white people, you can't scare these white people, I tried.

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.

Dave! Relax! Close your buttcheeks!

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.'

What did the 5 fingers say to the face. S L A P!

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.

If you don't have the right people around you and you're moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

The language you are about to hear ... is disturbing.

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'

Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I'm seven years late for work.

I love my jokes.

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Cause my life is dope, and I do dope sh*t

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

Who goes from America to Africa for medical attention?

I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

A celebrity, whatever I am, you get cut off sometimes from people just by circumstance.

I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

Where I'm from? A little town called none of yo god damn business.

Why don't you click your heels three times and go back to Africa.

Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.

I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.

I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.

Is this the 5:00 Free Crack Giveaway?

Ralph Nader has slavery reparations on his platform, which makes me think he's not serious. If he thought he could win he wouldn't even say that.

I got a lot of positive people around me.

The higher up I went, the less happy I was.

I'm an introspective dude.

I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

I love the fact that I have a show where you can run over a kid and everyone busts out laughing.

Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.

I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.

You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I don't do drugs, though. Just weed.

I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.

All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.

Lady, I'm just a nigga that loves titties.

I'm Dave Chappelle and I'm a chronic masturbator.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone ... you answer it.

No one wants to get their ass beat to a soundtrack.

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.

Hey,hey,hey. Smoke weed everyday

The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

I'm happier in the way a guy gets happier when he starts to mature. It doesn't make things easier, but I'm so much better at handling them.

Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.