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Dick Gregory Quotes

Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears Picture Quote #1

There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up Picture Quote #1

No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind Picture Quote #1

Fear and God do not occupy the same space Picture Quote #1

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave Picture Quote #1

No being should be killed. No being should be unloved Picture Quote #1

There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live Picture Quote #1

It’s cool to be healthy Picture Quote #1

If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market Picture Quote #1

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble Picture Quote #1

Because I’m a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel and vicious taking of life. We shouldn’t be a part of it Picture Quote #1

Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver’s conversion? Picture Quote #1

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you Picture Quote #1

The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home Picture Quote #1

I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices Picture Quote #1

Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out Picture Quote #1

Now here’s what I’m saying: I’ve always believed that every other month we hear about compromisation of bank records, I think that’s the CIA and the FBI. Now let me tell you why I’m saying this. I don’t believe no insignificant pip-squeak is going to be able to pull this off month after month and we can’t find out what’s going on Picture Quote #1

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no Picture Quote #1

I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they’ve got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that’s malnutrition, too Picture Quote #1

Nature is not affected by finance. If someone offered you ten thousand dollars to let them touch your eyeball without blinking, you would never collect the money. At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own Picture Quote #1

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First class Picture Quote #1

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 ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free’? Picture Quote #1

Martin Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf Picture Quote #1

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 nappy hair Picture Quote #1

I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi Picture Quote #1

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship Picture Quote #1

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country Picture Quote #1

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 nappy hair? Picture Quote #1

America is 5 percent of the world’s population and consumes 96 percent of the world’s hard drugs Picture Quote #1

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Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears (Dick Gregory Quotes) There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up (Dick Gregory Quotes) No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That’s already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind (Dick Gregory Quotes) Fear and God do not occupy the same space (Dick Gregory Quotes) People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave (Dick Gregory Quotes) No being should be killed. No being should be unloved. (Dick Gregory Quotes) There’s a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live (Dick Gregory Quotes) It’s cool to be healthy (Dick Gregory Quotes) If it wasn’t for Abe Lincoln, I’d still be on the open market (Dick Gregory Quotes) If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don’t have the spirit to judge someone from within, you’re in trouble. (Dick Gregory Quotes) Because I’m a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel and vicious taking of life. We shouldn’t be a part of it. (Dick Gregory Quotes) Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver’s conversion? (Dick Gregory Quotes) If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six days, they’d have to bring out the tanks to control you. (Dick Gregory Quotes) The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home (Dick Gregory Quotes) I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don’t have choices (Dick Gregory Quotes) Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out. (Dick Gregory Quotes) Now here’s what I’m saying: I’ve always believed that every other month we hear about compromisation of bank records, I think that’s the CIA and the FBI. Now let me tell you why I’m saying this. I don’t believe no insignificant pip-squeak is going to be able to pull this off month after month and we can’t find out what’s going on (Dick Gregory Quotes) It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn’t stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no (Dick Gregory Quotes) I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they’ve got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that’s malnutrition, too (Dick Gregory Quotes) Nature is not affected by finance. If someone offered you ten thousand dollars to let them touch your eyeball without blinking, you would never collect the money. At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own (Dick Gregory Quotes) We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn’t it either. I’m going to be an American Citizen. First class (Dick Gregory Quotes) 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 ever heard a business person say, ‘If I couldn’t get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I’d do it for free’? (Dick Gregory Quotes) Martin Luther King taught us all nonviolence. I was told to extend nonviolence to the mother and her calf (Dick Gregory Quotes) 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 nappy hair (Dick Gregory Quotes) I never thought I’d see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi (Dick Gregory Quotes) You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We’re the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X (Dick Gregory Quotes) When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship (Dick Gregory Quotes) In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country (Dick Gregory Quotes) 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 nappy hair? (Dick Gregory Quotes) America is 5 percent of the world’s population and consumes 96 percent of the world’s hard drugs. (Dick Gregory Quotes)

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