150 Quotes by Richard Pryor

There’s nothing worse than being an aging young person.

I just don’t want to die alone, that’s all. That’s not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I’d died. I’ve been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife – I’ve had a few so it’s hard to pinpoint which one – but who knows for sure?

Now they’re calling taking drugs an epidemic – that’s cos white folks are doing it.

When you ain’t got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we’re dead and gone. Even if it’s a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here – to another planet so they can mess that up too?

You work your butt off and somebody says you can’t have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn’t make it.

I don’t want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!