Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregoryis an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth12 October 1932
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
thinking laughing people
I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.
people easy nightclubs
That's easy, to stand in a nightclub, where most of the people that come in, they came to see you.
white people house
I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.
people moral manners
Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?
laughing people very-good
Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
people looks should
Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.
people stealing force
When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!
blood people style
People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.
white people lasts
Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
people accepting obvious
The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.
belonging black civil confused folks freedom given human people
Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth.
america black folks tolerate
We do not believe, had he been white, that he would be dead. And when we black folks say to America that we're not going to tolerate it, it's going to stop.
american-comedian riches torment
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
country believe thinking
I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don't have choices.