Dick Gregory Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.”

“There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.”

“There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.”

“Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.”

“Now here's what I'm saying: I've always believed that every other month we hear about compromisation of bank records, I think that's the CIA and the FBI. Now let me tell you why I'm saying this. I don't believe no insignificant pip-squeak is going to be able to pull this off month after month and we can't find out what's going on.”

“And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.”

“When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.”

“I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.”

“I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.”

“We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.”