A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.

- Paul Mooney

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

- Paul Mooney

When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, …

- Paul Mooney

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.

- Paul Mooney

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.

- Paul Mooney

No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control …

- Paul Mooney

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

- Paul Mooney

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

- Paul Mooney

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.

- Paul Mooney