When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps. Dick Gregory More Quotes by Dick Gregory More Quotes From Dick Gregory Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power. Dick Gregory wisdomfunlove-is 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. Dick Gregory lastswhitepeople In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country. Dick Gregory evilcountryamerica If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble. Dick Gregory troublejudgingspirit The most difficult thing to get people to do is to accept the obvious. Dick Gregory obviousacceptingpeople One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. Dick Gregory helping-othershappinesspeople I don't know why America always thinks she has to run all around the world forcing people to take our way of governance at the barrel of a gun. When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it! Dick Gregory gunrunningthinking When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness. Dick Gregory tunesselfbeautiful I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man. Dick Gregory kingsmenthinking Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge. Dick Gregory diversityjusticemean Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth. Dick Gregory respectconfusedrights Fear and God do not occupy the same space. Dick Gregory space I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. Dick Gregory hatehomeschool Because I'm a civil rights activist, I am also an animal rights activist. Animals and humans suffer and die alike. Violence causes the same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel and vicious taking of life. We shouldn't be a part of it. Dick Gregory painrightsanimal Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition. Dick Gregory povertypoormind The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone. Dick Gregory old-daysgood-thingsgone I chose to be an agitator. And there's one interesting thing about being an agitator - and I tell people - the next time you put your underwear in the washing machine, take the agitator out, and all you're going to end up with is some dirty, wet drawers. Dick Gregory peopledirtyinteresting The United States is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet. Dick Gregory planetsnationsunited-states I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted. Dick Gregory restaurantswhiteyears Laughter is the best way to release tensions and fears. Dick Gregory releaselaughterway
