Richard Pryor Quotes
Top 73 wise famous quotes and sayings by Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.
You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.
I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.
Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset
the comedians themselves.
the comedians themselves.
I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.
Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.
What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone shitting in your mouth?
If you want a friend, you don't buy a friend, Eric, you earn a friend through love and trust and respect.
I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst ... In other words, I had a life.
Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.
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.
There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.
I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.
I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.
I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.
A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.
But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
I was given two weeks to walk again, so I hooked up with a trainer, and he ... had me walking. I'll never forget that, it was grueling.