Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 6

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?

No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.

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.

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

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

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

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

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

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

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

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.

He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.

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 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'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.