--- title: "1 Shows Better Quotes By Chris Rock" description: "1 Shows Better quotes by Chris Rock. Plus more from Chris Rock and more Shows Better sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/chris-rock-767_air_i-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-had-to_117306.jpg" --- > [I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were better than the white shows. "The Jeffersons" (1975) was a lot better. "Good Times" (1974) was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-had-to-do-things-better-than-white/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/chris-rock-767_air_i-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-had-to_117306.jpg) ## More by Chris Rock > [Ja Rule is not Tupac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/ja-rule-is-not-tupac/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/right-now-my-job-is-that-i-m-like-an-ambulance-chaser-i-ve-got-to/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/if-you-live-with-a-single-parent-you-don-t-see-compromise-you-witness/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [Nobody ever says, 'Hey daddy, thanks for knockin' out this rent.' 'Hey daddy, I sure love this hot water.' 'Hey daddy, it's easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/nobody-ever-says-hey-daddy-thanks-for-knockin-out-this-rent-hey-daddy/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/you-know-the-world-is-messed-up-when-the-tallest-man-in-the-nba-is/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [You can't think the thoughts you want to think if you think you're being watched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/you-can-t-think-the-thoughts-you-want-to-think-if-you-think-you-re/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are always talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/there-s-not-one-reference-in-that-thing-that-doesn-t-play-people-deal/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know … I don’t really want to get into it, but my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/my-mother-got-sick-when-i-was-rich-and-my-mother-you-know-i-don-t/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-think-anybody-in-front-of-a-crowd-is-a-comedian/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [I see as white people finding loopholes in the slavery laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-see-as-white-people-finding-loopholes-in-the-slavery-laws/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/here-s-the-thing-when-we-talk-about-race-relations-in-america-or/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-had-to-do-things-better-than-white/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies... a man's lie is, "I'm at Tony house, I was at Kenny house!" A woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/men-lie-the-most-women-tell-the-biggest-lies-a-man-s-lie-is-i-m-at/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/you-can-t-fake-comedy-it-s-not-like-a-movie-where-a-director-can-just/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) > [All people naturally hate. My kid bites people now. I didn't teach my kid to bite anybody. Kids say mean stuff. Only through love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/all-people-naturally-hate-my-kid-bites-people-now-i-didn-t-teach-my/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shows-better/chris-rock/#itemlist", "name": "1 Shows Better Quotes By Chris Rock", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was raised to believe that you had to do things better than white people in order to succeed. The old black shows were better than the white shows. \"The Jeffersons\" (1975) was a lot better. \"Good Times\" (1974) was way funnier. \"Sanford and Son\" (1972). Now, though, everyone thinks we're equal, so we submit the same shit that everyone else submits. And then we get mad when they won't air it. 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