Paul Mooney Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money.”

“When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.”

“You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.”

“I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.”

“Julie Christie, I used to hang out with her. She was friends with Richard Pryor and Warren Beatty and all of them. There was a club in Beverly Hills called the Candy Store, a private club. I used to hang out with them all.”

“Handshaking means, 'I don't have a weapon.'”

“Sometimes, what you do you have no control over because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.”

“I like comedy, I mean, in all forms.”

“Arizona has always been anti-black.”

“Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.”