Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.
Chris RockMy mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know โฆ I donโt really want to get into it, but my mother was sicker than my father. And my motherโs alive. My motherโs fine, OK? I remember going to the hospital to see my mother and wondering, โWas I in the right place?โ Like, this was a hotel. Like it had a concierge, man. If the average person really knew the discrepancy in the health care system, thereโd be riots in the streets, OK? They would burn this m-therfโker down!
Chris RockYou're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off.
Chris RockWhen you're making a real documentary, you shoot it and the movie happens. You don't make - this sounds corny - you don't make a documentary, a documentary makes you. It really does.
Chris Rock