Richard Pryor > Quotes

“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.”
― Richard Pryor

“You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.”
― Richard Pryor

“What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.”
― Richard Pryor, Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences

“But thoughts don't care about truth and shit. They sit up in your mind and fuck with you whenever.”
― Richard Pryor, Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences

“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.”
― Richard Pryor

“I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic.”
― Richard Pryor

“The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bull shit.”
― Richard Pryor

“Do you know how you felt when you would lean all the way back in a chair, and just before you were about to tip over, at the very last second, you'd catch yourself ? That's how I feel all the time.”
― Richard Pryor

“Who you gonna believe, bitch? Me? or your lying eyes?”
― Richard Pryor

“Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.”
― Richard Pryor

“I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet.”
― Richard Pryor

“*kiss*”
― Richard Pryor

“Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.”
― Richard Pryor

“Mudbone: See I’ve lived through hard times before. People talk about these as hard times. Hard times was way back. They didn’t even have a year for it. Just called it “Hard Times.” It was dark all the time. I think the sun came out on Wednesday. And it you didn’t have your ass up early. You missed it. So I happened to be out there one Wednesday… and the sun hit me right in the face. I grabbed a bunch of it and rubbed it all over myself.”
― Richard Pryor, Richard Pryor, Live in Concert

“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?”
― Richard Pryor

“If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don’t feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there’s too much that I still want to do.”
― Richard Pryor

“Racism is a bitch. I mean white people you gotta know. It fucks you up but what it does to black people is a bitch. Because no matter what... it's hard enough being a human being.”
― Richard Pryor