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Famous 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

“What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.”

Richard Pryor

Source: Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences

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

Richard Pryor

“I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!”

Richard Pryor

The Toy (1982)

“They were brought out of Africa and into chains in America. Or they were born into slavery here. Yes, I am talking about the first African-Americans to reach these shores, but I am also describing the animals now enslaved in circuses. The species and continents are different, but the stories are tragically similar. The animals in circuses are held against their will by chains and domination. They are forced to perform a series of acts by coercion and violence because they would never normally do these things on their own. They can never choose their own partners, their own homes, their own food or have control over any aspect of their lives. I don't care how this is dressed up by promoters with music and lights, it is still slavery.”

Richard Pryor

Wrote in November 2005, criticizing a black-owned circus; as quoted in "Pryor Fought Animal Abuse" by Lisa Lange, in Albuquerque Journal (15 December 2005) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/206590625/

“…I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.”

Richard Pryor

At the end of track 9 "Religion" on his 1971 comedy album "Craps (After Hours)"

Richard Pryor Quotes

“I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!”

Richard Pryor

On trying to find his roots. Live At The Sunset Strip (1982)

“Make sure the check you write to a charity doesn't pay for cruel experiments on animals. Your donation should help end suffering — not cause it.”

Richard Pryor

Criticizing charities like the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Pryor suffered from multiple sclerosis) for their animal studies; as quoted in "Pryor Fought Animal Abuse" by Lisa Lange, in Albuquerque Journal (15 December 2005)

“Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in… as you ride through life.”

Richard Pryor

Post http://www.richardpryor.com/forums/msgs.cfm?msg=38560&forum=6 on US civil rights activist Rosa Parks. <br class="br">Web-posts

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

Richard Pryor

"The time of his life", in The Guardian (7 June 2004) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/columns/laughingmatters/story/0,12231,1229891,00.html

“You gotta be cool when you're macho man, cuz you can't be sensitive and care about someone having a good time in bed, cuz that's too scary… When you don't use sensitivity when you're having sex, or share some of your soul, nothing gonna happen, because men really get afraid. Men really get scared in bed.”

Richard Pryor

"The time of his life", in The Guardian (7 June 2004)

“Let me tell you what really happened… Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.”

Richard Pryor

At the start of a routine about his freebasing accident. Live At The Sunset Strip (1982) [album and movie]