184 Quotes by Dave Chappelle

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

Chivalry is dead. Women killed it.

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

No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone... you answer it.

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.

I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God I hope it lands in Hartford, Connecticut.

Why is Dave Chappelle going to Africa? Why does Mariah Carey make a hundred-million dollar deal and take her clothes off on TRL? A weak person can not get here and talk to you. Ain't no weak people talking to you. So what is happening in Hollywood? Nobody knows! The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. I don't understand this person, so they're crazy. That's bullshit. These people are not crazy, they're strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.

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

Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change.