Top 47 Quotes by Dick Gregory

About Dick Gregory

These are some quotes by American author Dick Gregory Comedian, who was born on October 12, 1932.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

Dick Gregory

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.

Dick Gregory

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

Dick Gregory

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.

Dick Gregory

Now here's what I'm saying: I've always believed that every other month we hear about compromisation of bank records, I think that's the CIA and the FBI. Now let me tell you why I'm saying this. I don't believe no insignificant pip-squeak is going to be able to pull this off month after month and we can't find out what's going on.

Dick Gregory

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

Dick Gregory

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it.

Dick Gregory

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

Dick Gregory

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.

Dick Gregory

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.

And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.

Dick Gregory

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