If Democracy Is Such A Good Thing,

I'm Not A Comic. I'm A Humorist.

The Most Difficult Thing To Get People To Do Is To Accept The Obvious.

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.

I Waited At The Counter Of A White Restaurant For Eleven Years. When They Finally Integrated, They Didn't Have What I Wanted.

I Didn't Realize, When I Decided To Be A Comic, That A Black Person Had Never Been Allowed To Stand Flat-footed In America And Talk To White Folks. It Never Happened Before.