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

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: “We don’t serve colored people here.” I said: “That’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.”