Richard Pryor Quotes

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Why me? Ten million motherfuckers freebasing, and I'm the one who blows up!

Richard Pryor
I was a nigger for twenty-three years. I gave it up—no room for advancement.

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Racism is a bitch.... It's hard enough being a human being.

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You all know how black humor started? It started on slave ships. Cat was on his way over here —rowing—and dude says, "What you laughing about?" He said, "Yesterday I was a king."

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You go…lookin' for justice, and that's what you find, Just-Us.

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When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

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Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.

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…I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.

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I went to penitentiary one time, not me personally, but me and Gene went there for a movie. "Arizona State Penitentiary" Population: 80 percent black people. But there are no black people in Arizona, they have to bus motherfuckers in!

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You gotta be cool when you're macho man, cuz you can't be sensitive and care about someone having a good time in bed, cuz that's too scary... When you don't use sensitivity when you're having sex, or share some of your soul, nothing gonna happen, because men really get afraid. Men really get scared in bed.

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Let me tell you what really happened... Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.

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I'd like to die like my father died... My father died fucking. My father was 57 when he died. The woman was 18. My father came and went at the same time.

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Sick of hearing this shit about me not talking... not true... good days, bad days... but I still am a talkin motherfucker!

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Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in... as you ride through life.

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I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!

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I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

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When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."

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There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.

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