Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
Richard Pryor
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Journalist
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
White
Cause
America
Coming
Feel
Comedy
Zimbabwe
Feels
Went
Policemen
People
Knew
Relaxed
Causes
Weren
Heard
Police
Funny
Car
More quotes by Richard Pryor
All humor is rooted in pain.
Richard Pryor
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.
Richard Pryor
But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
Richard Pryor
Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.
Richard Pryor
You don't get to be old bein' no fool.
Richard Pryor
If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.
Richard Pryor
What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.
Richard Pryor
Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?
Richard Pryor
I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
Richard Pryor
Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.
Richard Pryor
Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.
Richard Pryor
No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.
Richard Pryor
I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.
Richard Pryor
I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.
Richard Pryor
I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.
Richard Pryor
There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.
Richard Pryor
Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.
Richard Pryor
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.
Richard Pryor
You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
Richard Pryor
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.
Richard Pryor
