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Dick Gregory quotes: When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Everything in the universe belongs to me.

When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness.
Everything in the universe belongs to me.

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: Martin Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf.

Martin Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf.

Dick Gregory quotes: That's easy, to stand in a nightclub, where most of the people that come in, they came to see you.

That's easy, to stand in a nightclub, where most of the people that come in, they came to see you.

Dick Gregory quotes: You got to die of something because if you die of nothing, they won't pay your insurance.

You got to die of something because if you die of nothing, they won't pay your insurance.

Dick Gregory quotes: Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.

Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.

Dick Gregory quotes: The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

Dick Gregory quotes: The United States is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet.

The United States is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet.

Dick Gregory quotes: Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Dick Gregory quotes: Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a riot.

Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can get to shake a bat at a white man without starting a riot.

Dick Gregory quotes: Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

Dick Gregory quotes: I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.'

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.'

Dick Gregory quotes: Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town.

Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town.

Dick Gregory quotes: I feel that the same God-force that is the mother and father of the Pope is also the mother and father of the loneliest wino on the planet.

I feel that the same God-force that is the mother and father of the Pope is also the mother and father of the loneliest wino on the planet.

Dick Gregory quotes: If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: Life isn't a race. It's a relay.

Life isn't a race. It's a relay.

Dick Gregory quotes: Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

Dick Gregory quotes: America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.

America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.

Dick Gregory quotes: I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

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.

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: It's cool to be healthy.

It's cool to be healthy.

Dick Gregory quotes: One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

Dick Gregory quotes: Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

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

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

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: Truth is the baby of the world. It never gets old.

Truth is the baby of the world. It never gets old.

Dick Gregory quotes: When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

Dick Gregory quotes: I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country.

Dick Gregory quotes: Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

Dick Gregory quotes: Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

Dick Gregory quotes: I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.

I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff going downstairs.

Dick Gregory quotes: What happens to Black Folks today, happens to White Folks tomorrow.

What happens to Black Folks today, happens to White Folks tomorrow.

Dick Gregory quotes: If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

Dick Gregory quotes: Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion?

Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion?

Dick Gregory quotes: Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

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

Dick Gregory quotes: Once we used to have to crank up our cars, now you can pop it on from inside your house. Everything has changed except how we get freedom.

Once we used to have to crank up our cars, now you can pop it on from inside your house. Everything has changed except how we get freedom.

Dick Gregory quotes: What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?

What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?

Dick Gregory quotes: Dogs are great assets to candidates, and the feeling seems to be engendered that if a dog loves the candidate, he can't be all that bad.

Dogs are great assets to candidates, and the feeling seems to be engendered that if a dog loves the candidate, he can't be all that bad.

Dick Gregory quotes: The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.

The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.

Dick Gregory quotes: Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

Dick Gregory quotes: No being should be killed. No being should be unloved.

No being should be killed. No being should be unloved.

Dick Gregory quotes: When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

Dick Gregory quotes: In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Dick Gregory quotes: A Klaner (KKK) is a cat who gets out of bed in the middle of the night and takes his sheet with him.

A Klaner (KKK) is a cat who gets out of bed in the middle of the night and takes his sheet with him.

Dick Gregory quotes: If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

Dick Gregory quotes: The NAACP is a wonderful organization ... But do you realize if tomorrow morning we had complete integration, all them cats would be outta work?

The NAACP is a wonderful organization ... But do you realize if tomorrow morning we had complete integration, all them cats would be outta work?

Dick Gregory quotes: I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

Dick Gregory quotes: I was learning that just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

I was learning that just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

Dick Gregory quotes: I never learned hate at home or shame. I had to go to school for that.

I never learned hate at home or shame. I had to go to school for that.

Dick Gregory quotes: When you look at Hitler and those thugs, you can put Walmart right next to them.

When you look at Hitler and those thugs, you can put Walmart right next to them.

Dick Gregory quotes: If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeineoff the market for six days, they'd have to bring out thetanks to control you.

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine
off the market for six days, they'd have to bring out the
tanks to control you.

Dick Gregory quotes: There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.

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

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

Dick Gregory quotes: The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.

The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.

Dick Gregory quotes: Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable.

Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable.

Dick Gregory quotes: America is concerned more with the possibility of moon folks than the reality of hungry poor folks.

America is concerned more with the possibility of moon folks than the reality of hungry poor folks.

Dick Gregory quotes: When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.

When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.

Dick Gregory quotes: Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears.

Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears.

Dick Gregory quotes: There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.

Dick Gregory quotes: Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it up?

Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it up?

Dick Gregory quotes: I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.

I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.

Dick Gregory quotes: Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

Dick Gregory quotes: America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.

America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.

Dick Gregory quotes: Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Dick Gregory quotes: Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.

Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.

Dick Gregory quotes: The free man is the man with no fears.

The free man is the man with no fears.

Dick Gregory quotes: Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human ...

Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human ...

Dick Gregory quotes: If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.

Dick Gregory quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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