Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 5

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.

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

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.

My grandmother used to discipline me, I mean, beat my ass, and I deserved them, too.

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..

The man would box so good it'd make your dick hard!

So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.

You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?

I believe in divine forces and energies.

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

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.