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> [Nature is not affected by finance. If someone offered you ten thousand dollars to let them touch your eyeball without blinking, you would never collect the money. At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/nature-is-not-affected-by-finance-if-someone-offered-you-ten-thousand/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

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> [At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/at-the-very-last-moment-nature-would-force-you-to-blink-your-eye/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

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## Other authors on Blink

## More by Dick Gregory

> [My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/my-belief-is-you-know-certain-things-have-to-be-explained-that-s/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/you-hear-entertainers-all-the-time-saying-if-i-couldn-t-get-paid-for/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/what-price-would-god-demand-from-the-churches-for-having-the-audacity/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [In the South they don't mind how close I get, so long as I don't get too big. In the North they don't mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/in-the-south-they-don-t-mind-how-close-i-get-so-long-as-i-don-t-get/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/eating-liver-out-of-a-cow-s-body-is-like-eating-the-filter-out-of-a/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/i-never-learned-hate-at-home-or-shame-i-had-to-go-to-school-for-that/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [I am one of the funniest people on the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/i-am-one-of-the-funniest-people-on-the-planet/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/dear-momma-wherever-you-are-if-ever-you-hear-the-word-nigger-again/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [The NAACP is a wonderful organization . . . But do you realize if tomorrow morning we had complete integration, all them cats would be outta work?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/the-naacp-is-a-wonderful-organization-but-do-you-realize-if-tomorrow/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [Fear and God do not occupy the same space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/fear-and-god-do-not-occupy-the-same-space/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/i-used-to-get-letters-saying-i-didn-t-know-black-children-and-white/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami, met a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/people-keep-telling-me-about-the-white-race-and-the-black-race-and-it/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/if-i-had-to-write-down-the-most-important-people-in-the-history-of/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/last-time-i-was-down-south-i-walked-into-this-restaurant-and-this/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

> [Once we used to have to crank up our cars, now you can pop it on from inside your house. Everything has changed except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/once-we-used-to-have-to-crank-up-our-cars-now-you-can-pop-it-on-from/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

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