Richard Pryor Quotes, Thoughts and images

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!

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

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

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

You don't get to be old bein' no fool.

I see people as the nucleus of a great idea that hasn't come to be yet.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

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

Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.

Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?

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

I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.

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

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

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

If I ain't horny, I check to see if my heart's beatin'.

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

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

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

Crosses only scare vampires away because they're allergic to bullshit.

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

Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.

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

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people."

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

There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.