Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. – Dick Gregory
When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening – there wasnt no 24-hour news. – Dick Gregory
You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you havent got trillions of dollars in the bank that you dont need, you cant be white. – Dick Gregory
I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. Im looking for the crack in the fabric. – Dick Gregory
The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country