Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 6

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.

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?

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.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

I was given two weeks to walk again, so I hooked up with a trainer, and he... had me walking. I'll never forget that, it was grueling.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.