Richard Pryor Quotes - Page 2

Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

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

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, "I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."

What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone shitting in your mouth?

Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.

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

It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real defensive person, because if you were sensitive in my neighborhood you were something to eat.

But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

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?

You gotta be cool when you're macho man, cuz you can't be sensitive and care about someone having a good time in bed, cuz that's too scary... When you don't use sensitivity when you're having sex, or share some of your soul, nothing gonna happen, because men really get afraid. Men really get scared in bed.

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

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.

I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can't do much better than that.

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

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 bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.

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

Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people."