Wanda Sykes Quotes

6 quotes from 5 authors

Only six short reflections make up this page, but each one shines a light on Wanda Sykes’s path from a government contractor to a comedy icon. The handful of voices capture her humor, family roots, and industry impact. If you crave more material, the Comedy Legends and Stand‑up Humor pages offer richer selections.

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I enjoy Chris Rock. Bill Burr. Wanda Sykes. I enjoy the legends. But no one is like Richard Pryor. Before I knew…

Janelle James

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I'm a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to…

Lil Rel Howery

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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!

Wanda Sykes

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The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched.

Henry Louis Gates

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So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the…

Henry Louis Gates

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Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a…

Yvonne Orji

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