Learn how to cook. Read books that will educate you. Get an education. Get a career. And support yourself. And live in a section of town that isn't conducive to violence.
Chris RockBefore I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me was being a teenager... Boy, was I wrong!
Chris RockBeing a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what you're the fastest.
Chris RockSo, to say Obama is progress is saying that heโs the first black person that is qualified to be president. Thatโs not black progress. Thatโs white progress. Thereโs been black people qualified to be president for hundreds of years. The question is, you know, my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Letโs hope America keeps producing nicer white people.
Chris Rock