People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think about never losing my voice, never giving in, never selling out, always keeping black, always sticking to the street. Staying… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
My comedy is a nuclear bomb inside my mind. It's a weapon that's never been tested. It just blows up and flattens… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I read a lot of history. The passive Jews in Germany didn't survive. The smart ones got out. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
