Top 59 Quotes by Dave Chappelle

About Dave Chappelle

These are some quotes by American author Dave Chappelle Comedian, who was born on August 24, 1973.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

Dave Chappelle

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

Dave Chappelle

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.

Dave Chappelle

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.

Dave Chappelle

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.

Dave Chappelle

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

Dave Chappelle

I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

Dave Chappelle

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.

Dave Chappelle

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

Dave Chappelle

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

Dave Chappelle

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