Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw.

Richard Pryor

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

Richard Pryor

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

Richard Pryor

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Richard Pryor

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

Richard Pryor

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

Richard Pryor

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

Richard Pryor

I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.

Richard Pryor

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

Richard Pryor

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

Richard Pryor