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There's always a message in my comedy. — Paul Mooney

I could drop dead tomorrow, the truth will be here. Truth is forever; when you read our history, truth is forever, and it always outs itself. — Paul Mooney

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive. — Paul Mooney

We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them 'graham crackers.' — Paul Mooney

Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny. — Paul Mooney

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43. — Paul Mooney

When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you. — Paul Mooney

Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it. — Paul Mooney

I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara. — Paul Mooney

When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race. — Paul Mooney

Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it. — Paul Mooney

Arizona has always been anti-black. — Paul Mooney

I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny. — Paul Mooney

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem. — Paul Mooney

I think I have a mental nappy attitude. — Paul Mooney

Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world. — Paul Mooney

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen. — Paul Mooney

People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. — Paul Mooney

An audience can be like a pack of wolves. — Paul Mooney

People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.' — Paul Mooney

My comedy is a nuclear bomb inside my mind. It's a weapon that's never been tested. It just blows up and flattens everybody. — Paul Mooney

If you're happy with what you're doing, then you don't get bored. — Paul Mooney

I have known Michael Richards for something like 20 years. We're friends. — Paul Mooney

I'm as American as apple pie. — Paul Mooney

People think you're crazy if you turn money down ... people worship money. — Paul Mooney

I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out. — Paul Mooney

I love Obama because he is proof all black people don't look alike. Nobody every told me, 'Good morning, Mr. President.' We don't all look alike. — Paul Mooney

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats. — Paul Mooney

Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself. — Paul Mooney

Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included. — Paul Mooney

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing. — Paul Mooney

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy. — Paul Mooney

When you watch TV, I didn't know black people were that happy. I had no idea they were that happy. I'm trying to find them. — Paul Mooney

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here. — Paul Mooney

I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know. — Paul Mooney

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. — Paul Mooney

I like comedy, I mean, in all forms. — Paul Mooney

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them. — Paul Mooney

Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.' — Paul Mooney

There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful. — Paul Mooney

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. — Paul Mooney

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action. — Paul Mooney

There's no such thing as reverse racism. — Paul Mooney

A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby. — Paul Mooney

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it. — Paul Mooney

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that. — Paul Mooney

Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it. — Paul Mooney

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.' — Paul Mooney

I was born a comic. — Paul Mooney

America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners. — Paul Mooney

A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is. — Paul Mooney

What does America love more than one white male? — Paul Mooney