Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough. Dick Gregory More Quotes by Dick Gregory More Quotes From Dick Gregory Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine. Dick Gregory medicinesickrace Truth is the baby of the world. It never gets old. Dick Gregory truthbabyworld If you take 12 waters from the coconut - not the ones you buy in the store, although that's good - but the fresh coconuts, the little brown ones with the three eyes, if you take 12 of those within 24 hours, your blood will go back to the way it was when you were born. Dick Gregory eyewaterblood The only person on the planet saying derogatory things about his woman is the black man. Dick Gregory planetsblackmen In the United States, the Constitution is a health chart left by the Founding Fathers which shows whether or not the body politic is in good health. If the national body is found to be in poor health, the Founding Fathers also left a prescription for the restoration of health called the Declaration of Independence. Dick Gregory independenceunited-statesfather ...Humans were the only creatures in the world that ate their food cooked. You'd never find a Gorilla frying up some bananas for dinner or a lion charcoal-broiling a zebra steak. Cats don't often run to the oven with a mouse or bird they've captured, and a dog wouldn't naturally prepare its rabbit dinner in a stew. Dick Gregory zebrasdogrunning America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet. Dick Gregory black-historygivingamerica The free man is the man with no fears. Dick Gregory no-fearhe-manmen Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights. Dick Gregory diversityrightsjustice People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. Dick Gregory stylebloodpeople Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable. Dick Gregory lovabledangerouslove-is Why are black folks singing Amazing Grace which is a song about a white slaver's conversion? Dick Gregory gracewhitesong I go to Chinese Christian community. Jesus looks Chinese. Dick Gregory christianwhitejesus No kid in the world, no woman in the world should ever raise a hand against a no-good daddy. That's already been taken care of: A Man Who Destroys His Own Home Shall Inherit the Wind. Dick Gregory takenhomekids If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because he's a white man who said he would die for the cause, because they could take him, but they weren't going to take his grandchildren. That brother was beautiful. Dick Gregory brotherwritingbeautiful Race baiters and discriminators may go underground, but they never move out of town. Dick Gregory racemaymoving My wife and I went to jail in Selma. The difference when I was back there recently? White folks? No. Black folks who were not scared. I was behind the president this time. When I was a little boy and ran around with trifling dudes, I was the only one scared of dogs. And I was bitten 14 times! Dogs smell scared. And that's the same thing with people: 50 years ago they smelled fear. There was no fear this time. Dick Gregory dogboysyears What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair? Dick Gregory colorhairson Life isn't a race. It's a relay. Dick Gregory relaysrace When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it! Dick Gregory stealingforcepeople
