79 Quotes by Paul Mooney

My comedy is a nuclear bomb inside my mind. It's a weapon that's never been tested. It just blows up and flattens everybody.

I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny.

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

When you watch TV, I didn't know black people were that happy. I had no idea they were that happy. I'm trying to find them.

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.

One of the things that is interesting is, I saw both sides. I'd done it, so what could they say? I didn't ask to go, I didn't ask to feel the way I did.

My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more.

I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara.