Paul Mooney

Arizona has always been anti-black.

— Paul Mooney

I was born a comic.

— Paul Mooney

I'm as American as apple pie.

— Paul Mooney

I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

I think I have a mental nappy attitude.

— Paul Mooney

Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

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

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

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path…

— Paul Mooney

No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the…

— Paul Mooney

The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses…

— Paul Mooney

People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they…

— Paul Mooney

I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the…

— Paul Mooney

You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother…

— Paul Mooney

I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore.…

— Paul Mooney

You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I…

— Paul Mooney

I think about never losing my voice, never giving in, never selling out, always keeping black, always sticking to the street. Staying…

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

There's always a message in my comedy.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

What does America love more than one white male?

— Paul Mooney

An audience can be like a pack of wolves.

— Paul Mooney

Comedians period, in general, have demons, and myself included.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney

A goat's a goat. Whether you sauté or barbeque it, it's still a goat.

— Paul Mooney

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

— Paul Mooney