Richard Pryor Quotes

• "I like makin' love myself, and I can make love for about three minutes. I do about three minutes of serious fuckin', then I need eight hours sleep! And a bowl of Wheaties!"
• "There are two billion chinese people livin' in China. That's how you know someone's doing some serious fucking."
• "I went to penitentiary one time, not me personally, but me and Gene went there for a movie. "Arizona State Penitentiary" Population: 90 percent black people. But there are no black people in Arizona, they have to bus motherfuckers in!"
• "When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up *quick*! I saw something, I went, "Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like *fire*!" Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3."
• "When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any.""
• "When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude."
• "There's nothing worse than being an aging young person."
• "I believe in divine forces and energies."
• "Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star."
• "Everyone carries around his own monsters."
• "I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think."
• "I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."
• "There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at."
• "Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me."
• "Friends take up time, and I didn't have time."
• "I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour."