Top 30 Richard Pryor Quotes

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

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren’t coming after me!

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we’re dead and gone. Even if it’s a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here – to another planet so they can mess that up too?

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

I just don’t want to die alone, that’s all. That’s not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

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

Movies are movies, and I don’t think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

I won’t talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I’m glad I’m out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

I was an only child.

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

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.

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.

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

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

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I’m just a booty star.

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

You work your butt off and somebody says you can’t have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

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

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything – millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

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.

I don’t see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

Yes, I’m religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

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

I’m not for integration and I’m not against it.

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I’ll get it right one day.