179 Quotes by Dick Gregory

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.

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.

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 go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something wrong.

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.

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.

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.