Quotes By Richard Pryor

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.

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.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

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?

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

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.

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.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.