America Is Concerned More With The Possibility

It Was An Unwritten Law That Black Comics Were Not Permitted To Work White Nightclubs. You Could Sing And You Could Dance, But You Couldn't Stand Flat-footed And Talk; That Was A No-no.

My Mother Was The Sweetest Lady Who Ever Lived On This Planet, But If You Tried To Tell Her That Jesus Wasn't A Christian, She Would Stomp You To Death.

To Me, Seeing A Really Great Comedian Is A Bit Like Watching A Musician Or A Poet.

I Went To Ethiopia, And It Dawned On Me That You Can Tell A Starving, Malnourished Person Because They've Got A Bloated Belly And A Bald Head. And I Realized That If You Come Through Any American Airport And See Businessmen Running Through With Bloated Bellies And Bald Heads, That's Malnutrition, Too.

You Hear Entertainers All The Time, Saying, 'if I Couldn't Get Paid For This, I'd Do It For Free.' When's The Last Time You Ever Heard A Business Person Say, 'if I Couldn't Get Paid For Being Chairman Of British Petroleum, I'd Do It For Free'?