We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.
Dick GregoryThe jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.
Dick GregoryIf I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because he's a white man who said he would die for the cause, because they could take him, but they weren't going to take his grandchildren. That brother was beautiful.
Dick GregoryWhen you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.
Dick Gregory