Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.

I feel that the same God-force that is the mother and father of the Pope is also the mother and father of the loneliest wino on the planet.

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.

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

Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human.

What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.