I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
Richard PryorRead
I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
Interpretation
Marriage is a valuable commitment worth pursuing, even if it doesnβt work out initially.
Richard Pryor expresses his belief in the importance of marriage as an institution and emphasizes his determination to succeed in it. Despite any past failures, he is committed to continuing to strive for a fulfilling and successful marital relationship, highlighting resilience and dedication to love.
In practice
During a wedding toast, to emphasize the commitment it takes to make a marriage work.
I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.
I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.
I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!
Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.
The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?
The only way a relationship will last is if you see it as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.
A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.
Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.
I donβt want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.
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