You got to die of something because if you die of nothing, they won't pay your insurance.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Fear and God do not occupy the same space.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

America is concerned more with the possibility of moon folks than the reality of hungry poor folks.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on medicine.