Richard Pryor Quotes

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

Blessed, Struggle, Enough

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.
Richard Pryor

Car, Life, Peace

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

Thought, Makes, Bitter

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.
Richard Pryor

Alone, Nice, Care

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.
Richard Pryor

Love, Family, Money

Everyone carries around his own monsters.
Richard Pryor

Around, Everyone, Monsters

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.
Richard Pryor

Home, Wife, Trying

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.
Richard Pryor

Life, God, Movies

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

Wrong, Scared, Scary

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.
Richard Pryor

Work, Made, Off

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.
Richard Pryor

Work, Attitude, School

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

Laugh, Between, Line

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

Star, Expression, Ghetto

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

Again, Getting, Married

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

Yourself, Suffering, Ask

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

Gay, Human, Black

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.
Richard Pryor

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.
Richard Pryor

Enjoyed, Performer

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

Said, Grow, Anybody

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
Richard Pryor

Car, America, After

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

Attitude, Money, Gotta

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.
Richard Pryor

Best, Die, Around

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
Richard Pryor

Marriage, Trying, Keep

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

Marriage, Feelings, Tough

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

Racism, Before, Gone

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 1, 1940

Died: December 10, 2005

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