Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 5
Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.
Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.
My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.
I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
In March I had a minor heart attack while I was vacationing in Australia. it scared me, but it was nothing compared to what someone had in store for me down the road.
It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.
It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real defensive person, because if you were sensitive in my neighborhood you were something to eat.
They fucked around, started negotiating with those white people, they lost all that shit... And what they didn't lose negotiating, white people just kicked their ass on out of..
So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.
See, I had some drugs and shit right now, I wouldn't give a fuck. But I'd come off stage, and I still wouldn't give a fuck. Then, by the time you're 50, a lotta 'no-givin-a-fuck', you missed part your life.