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

Quote by Richard Pryor

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

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

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

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

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

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

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad...

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad...

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the...

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the...

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause...

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause...

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I...

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I...

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being...

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being...

I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there...

I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there...

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together...

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together...

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can...

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can...

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

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

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the...

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the...

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead...

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead...