Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Dick Gregory Quotes: When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.
         

When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.


Dick Gregory
Check all other quotes by Dick Gregory

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Dick Gregory Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/When-I-first-broke-through-there-was-297972>.





Check out


Other quotes of Dick Gregory


Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.



If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.



The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.

The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious.



One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.



Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.



Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.



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.



When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Everything in the universe belongs to me.

When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Everything in the universe belongs to me.



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.



Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.





Other quotes you may like


While we tend to think of love as some faraway place, it is actually a place nearby that we have forgotten.

While we tend to think of love as some faraway place, it is actually a place nearby that we have forgotten.



What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.



The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.

The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.



My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.

My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.



The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.

The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.



From sentence to sentence, in fairy tales there is no reality that is subordinated to any other. Just as, outside the pages there is no reality.

From sentence to sentence, in fairy tales there is no reality that is subordinated to any other. Just as, outside the pages there is no reality.



Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.



In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private



Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.



Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding'. Now I realize the more I learn the less I know about acting... and life.

Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding'. Now I realize the more I learn the less I know about acting... and life.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.". Author of this quote is Dick Gregory. This quote is about news, evening, through,.