Comedy Quotes by Dick Gregory

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Dick Gregory

Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car.

— Dick Gregory

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

— Dick Gregory

I am one of the funniest people on the planet.

— Dick Gregory

“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.”

— 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?

— Dick Gregory

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

— Dick Gregory

I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Dick Gregory