Quotes & Jokes by Redd Foxx / page 2
Junk runs in the family. My granddad was a junk man in St. Louis and so was my uncle.
We were poor. If I wasn't a boy, I wouldn't have had nothing to play with.
Do you realize that if the pilgrims have been chasing bobcats instead of turkeys... we'd all be eating pussy on Thanksgiving?!
This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey!
My Elizabeth was as pure as the driven snow; and I am the only driver she ever had!
It was awful at first. I'd lie awake all night, knowing that I had to rehearse 'Sanford,' the next day. But I was geared to being up late, I only caught a couple hours sleep each night for the first few months.
Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America - that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.
I feel right at home on this roast with you guys. It's like being in the ghetto... because in the ghetto you get stabbed in the back by total strangers too!
I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is too blue. But I think Redd, the whites and blue can be a nice combination.
Lamont, when I die, it's not gonna be "Sanford and Son" no more; it's gonna be Nobody and Son.
That’s what happens when the “Big One” comes. You go to bed fine, then you wake up dead.
If I go over there I might have a heart attack when I see he’s dead. If I stay, I might have a heart attack just from the suspense of not knowing. So, whether I stay or I go, I go.