Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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
Richard Pryor

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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!

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

I believe in divine forces and energies.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

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