People Quotes by Charles Barkley

We, as black people, we have a lot of crooks.

— Charles Barkley

I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

— Charles Barkley

Only poor people go to jail.

— Charles Barkley

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

— Charles Barkley

People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.

— Charles Barkley

People like you as long as you agree with them. But that doesn't bother me.

— Charles Barkley

America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people.

— Charles Barkley

I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.

— Charles Barkley

People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn't put a deer in the…

— Charles Barkley

Well, all I can say is that people know I'm not saying anything out of malice.

— Charles Barkley

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor.

— Charles Barkley

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame…

— Charles Barkley

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white…

— Charles Barkley

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic…

— Charles Barkley

I don't get into the gun stuff. Some guys have guns who go hunting. Where do we stop (the gun control) at?…

— Charles Barkley

I live in Arizona. I think the Hispanic people are amazing. I think when people talk about illegal immigration... it does them…

— Charles Barkley

I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and…

— Charles Barkley

It's interesting - the greatest country in the world, we shouldn't have people starving. We shouldn't have young people not getting something…

— Charles Barkley

I wish the American public wasn't so stupid if they realized that half the people on television make a living just to…

— Charles Barkley

I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing…

— Charles Barkley

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you…

— Charles Barkley

I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt,…

— Charles Barkley

Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic…

— Charles Barkley

Sometimes I have to criticize guys to try to make it fun, I mean, I'm out there trying to bust other people.…

— Charles Barkley

You know what's amazing to me? America. There have been so many people who have stepped up, and I'm just proud to…

— Charles Barkley

I don't have time to put up with the politics. Who's a Democrat? Who's a Republican? Who's liberal? Who's conservative? Man, can…

— Charles Barkley

I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue…

— Charles Barkley

I think people got more common sense than people give 'em credit for.

— Charles Barkley

They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.

— Charles Barkley

People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.

— Charles Barkley

We only put the negative black people on television. We don't put the good, hard-working black people.

— Charles Barkley

What we, as black people, need to do is we need to worry about our education.

— Charles Barkley

If all babies are so cute, how the hell do we have so many ugly people in the world?

— Charles Barkley

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

— Charles Barkley

“I have nothing against old people. I want to be one myself one day.”

— Charles Barkley

This is why I hate white people. You guys try to turn everything into a racial issue.

— Charles Barkley

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

— Charles Barkley

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

— Charles Barkley

If I screw up, I'm gonna say, 'You know what? I really screwed up.' That's all you can do. Some people gonna…

— Charles Barkley

They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a…

— Charles Barkley