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… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Black folks tell their kids they have to be twice as good as a white person? Well, if I tell a child… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I didn't realize, when I decided to be a comic, that a black person had never been allowed to stand flat-footed in… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Eating liver out of a cow's body is like eating the filter out of a car. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“Dear Momma―Wherever you are, if ever you hear the word "nigger" again, remember they are advertising my book.” — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.' — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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