179 Quotes by Dick Gregory
"When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.'"
"Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out."
"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."
"I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted."
"King was really telling us it's not about love, it's about being lovable. 'I love you baby and if I can't have you no one else will is frightening,' but once you become lovable we become safe and that's where I think we'll end up."
"We do not believe, had he been white, that he would be dead. And when we black folks say to America that we're not going to tolerate it, it's going to stop."
"I believe young voters will either vote for Obama or not vote at all. So the problem is not Obama the problem is the system. If you think about how mess up this country is, most folk really don't have choices."
"I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor."