Quotes from Dave Chappelle

I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.

The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.

You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.

I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way.

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live!

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.

My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else.

I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interest in controlling you.

I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.

I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.