Quotes by Dick Gregory

Its cool to be healthy.

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasnt a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasnt no 24-hour news.

When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athletes feet dont exist, theres something wrong.

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didnt think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. Im looking for the crack in the fabric.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago its a sport.

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. Its not enough, but it helps.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.