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Redd Foxx

(1922–1991) Television Actor United States

27 quotes in 132 categories

Redd Foxx was a television actor from the United States, best known for The Redd Foxx encyclopedia of Black humor.

Quick Facts About Redd Foxx

Born: December 9, 1922
Died: October 11, 1991
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: The Redd Foxx encyclopedia of Black humor
Known for: Sanford and Son, Sanford

About Redd Foxx

John Elroy Sanford, better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime. He portrayed Fred G. Sanford on the television show Sanford and Son and starred in The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy

Quotes by Redd Foxx

Junk runs in the family. My granddad was a junk man in St. Louis and so was my uncle.

Family

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A girl's legs are her best friends...but even the best of friends must part.

Best friend

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I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know.

America

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“Beauty may only be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.”

Beauty

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You make me wish that birth control was retroactive.

Birth

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Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top.

Certain

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This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey!

Bigs

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I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out…

All black

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The food here is so tasteless you could eat a meal of it and belch and it wouldn't remind you of anything.

Cooking

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I feel sorry for people who don't drink or do drugs. Because someday they're going to be in a hospital bed, dying,…

Bed

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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Dying

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The show doesn't drive home a lesson, but it can open up people's minds enough for them to see how stupid every…

Enough

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If you can see the handwriting on the wall... you're on the toilet.

Handwriting

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Hey! Leave the door open will ya? The flies haven't been out all day.

Doors

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A girl's legs are her best friends, but the best of friends must part.

Best friend

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It's some chopped liver. That's Jewish soul food.

Chopped liver

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Do you realize that if the pilgrims have been chasing bobcats instead of turkeys.. we'd all be eating pussy on Thanksgiving?!

Bobcats

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I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. The show doesn't drive home…

Sanford And Son

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Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

Beauty

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I'm a Sagittarian, see, I can't be fenced in. I been living in Las Vegas, greatest city in the world. I look…

Cities

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The definition of indecent – when it’s in long, and it’s in hard, and it’s in deep – it’s in decent.

Decent

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Sanford and Son is more than just a name. It's a condition, a dynasty, an empire. This here is the finest pile…

Conditions

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I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is…

Blue

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I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.

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What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches.

Differences

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