Richard Pryor

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

— Richard Pryor

But thoughts don't care about truth and shit. They sit up in your mind and fuck with you whenever.

— Richard Pryor

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

— Richard Pryor

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

— Richard Pryor

…I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.

— Richard Pryor

Let me tell you what really happened... Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.

— Richard Pryor

Why me? Ten million motherfuckers freebasing, and I'm the one who blows up!

— Richard Pryor

I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one god damned Pryor!

— Richard Pryor

I went to penitentiary one time, not me personally, but me and Gene went there for a movie. "Arizona State Penitentiary" Population: 80 percent black people. But there are no black people in Arizona, they have to bus motherfuckers in!

— Richard Pryor

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, "Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like... FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4.3.

— Richard Pryor

When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."

— Richard Pryor

I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

— Richard Pryor

Have you ever noticed how quiet you get when you go in the woods? It's almost like you know that God's there.

— Richard Pryor

I'd like to die like my father died... My father died fucking. My father was 57 when he died. The woman was 18. My father came and went at the same time.

— Richard Pryor

You gotta be cool when you're macho man, cuz you can't be sensitive and care about someone having a good time in bed, cuz that's too scary... When you don't use sensitivity when you're having sex, or share some of your soul, nothing gonna happen, because men really get afraid. Men really get scared in bed.

— Richard Pryor

Make sure the check you write to a charity doesn't pay for cruel experiments on animals. Your donation should help end suffering — not cause it.

— Richard Pryor

Sick of hearing this shit about me not talking... not true... good days, bad days... but I still am a talkin motherfucker!

— Richard Pryor

Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in... as you ride through life.

— Richard Pryor

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

— Richard Pryor

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

— Richard Pryor

I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.

— Richard Pryor

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

— Richard Pryor

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

— Richard Pryor