Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregoryis an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth12 October 1932
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
eye lasts moments
At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.
lasts british heard
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'?
money eye lasts
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.
white people lasts
Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
american-comedian riches torment
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
baby king lovable love safe telling
King was really telling us it's not about love, it's about being lovable. 'I love you baby and if I can't have you no one else will is frightening,' but once you become lovable we become safe and that's where I think we'll end up.
country believe thinking
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.
hell-hath-no-fury hell fury
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
inspirational dance war
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.
mean done advertising
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.
children white black
I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'
thinking laughing people
I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.
comic humorists
I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.
holiday calendars drink
Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.