Richard Pryor Quotes
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What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.
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Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.
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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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Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
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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?
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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.
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Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?
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I believe in divine forces and energies.
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When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!
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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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To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about... And the doctor said, Don't worry, in three months you'll know. So I went about my business and then, one day, it jumped me. I couldn't get up... Your muscles trick you; they did me.
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So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.
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Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.
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I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.
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I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!
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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
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The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.
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Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
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It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real defensive person, because if you were sensitive in my neighborhood you were something to eat.
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I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.
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I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
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The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?
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Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?
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Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people."