Richard Pryor Quotes

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

I love show business. I wake up every morning and kiss it.

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

I don't want them hip white people coming up to me and calling me no n - - or telling me n - - jokes. I don't like it.

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

If you want a friend, you don't buy a friend, Eric, you earn a friend through love and trust and respect.

Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I was given two weeks to walk again, so I hooked up with a trainer, and he... had me walking. I'll never forget that, it was grueling.

If you ask me about women's lib, I say I don't even know what that is.

You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

In March I had a minor heart attack while I was vacationing in Australia. it scared me, but it was nothing compared to what someone had in store for me down the road.

The MS really started going downhill in 1990.

That's insanity. We must be good all the time.

He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

Freebase? What's free about it?

No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.

I wanna grow up and be a critic.

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!

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bull shit.