Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 2

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, "Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

White people go; Why you guys hold your things? Cause you done took every thing else, motherfucker!

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

Motherfucker looked at me like I owed him money. (on Reagan)

It's easy to love somebody. Shit, sit with them a little bit and talk to them a while.

I had a breakup. I decided that I wasn't going to do the sort of routines I was doing anymore. So I went to work, trying to develop the thing I do now.

I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there.

What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.

There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.

When the show don't be funny, I take my dick out and piss. This is called The Garden Row.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit.

I couldn't stop drinking until the bartender said, "We got no more fucking liquor! Now take your ass home, pal."

There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.