Quotes by Richard Pryor

“I went to Zimbabwe...I know how white people feel in America now, relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they werent coming after me!”

“Its been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused”

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

“I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.”

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

“Everyone carries around his own monsters”

“When you aint got no money, you gotta get an attitude.”

“Theres a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.”

“Theres nothing worse than being an aging young person.”

“Id like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though Im gonna be on for an hour.”

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

But thoughts dont care about truth and shit. They sit up in your mind and fuck with you whenever.

Who you gonna believe, bitch? Me? or your lying eyes?

You cant talk about fucking in America, people say youre dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, thats cool.

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

When you aint got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

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.

Its been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all thats happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.