Quotes by Bernie Mac

I want to have fun. Life aint no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. Im a comedian; I aint no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.

I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, Im like you - Im frustrated, Im not an expert, I dont have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, Im selfish too.

Ive always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, theres people used to get mad at me because I didnt hang out and things like that. Ive never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. Ive never been posse, and all that. Im a quiet storm.

I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

You know you poor when you eatin breakfast food late. You fryin toast? At nine oclock at night? With bacon? Youre broke.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - thats heaven here on earth.

Theres no success story. Everybodys got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is.

Whatever success Ive had, I always like to top it.

You dont see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I cant play the game. I cant - my tolerance - I know Im getting old Ill be 50 this year. And you know how I know Im getting old? Cause my tolerance level is low.

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.