English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Richard Pryor Quotes

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Edward Everett Hale quote: "Make it your habit not to be critical about small things."
Make it your habit not to be critical about small things. Edward Everett Hale
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the..."
We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. W. Somerset Maugham
After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play all these figures fairly easily. It was not an easy thing to work out. Lindsey Buckingham
[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act? and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment? are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize. Malcolm Gladwell
The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad. Phil Ochs
. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only to show the way in which I have tried to use my own. Rene Descartes
I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. James Joyce
Moliere quote: "unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs."
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs. Moliere
We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too important to be a dwindling voice in our culture. For the right librarian, this is the chance of a lifetime. Seth Godin
If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve. Mitt Romney
William Shakespeare quote: "O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet..."
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping. William Shakespeare
Arlen Specter quote: "Effective security measures do not come cheap."
Effective security measures do not come cheap. Arlen Specter
George S. Patton quote: "To be a successful soldier, you must know history."
To be a successful soldier, you must know history. George S. Patton
Mark Twain quote: "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us..."
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain
Melissa George quote: "My background is Scottish."
My background is Scottish. Melissa George