Dave Chappelle Quotes – Wisdom and Wit from the Comedy Legend

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

I’m cool with failing as long as I’m trying.

Sometimes you gotta be selfish to be selfless.

To live in a world where you can’t be funny is not a world I want to live in.

I don’t tell jokes. I tell the truth in a funny way.

Everybody’s got a nigga handbook they’re working from.

You know you’re famous when you’ve got someone reading death threats to you on the phone.

You can’t upsell a pope.

You can’t be afraid of the truth. That’s the problem with America.

Weed is legal, but cigarettes will fuck you up!

Age is a matter of mind. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

You can’t make everything funny. You shouldn’t even try. You can just try and make everything real.

You don’t need a lot to be happy. Just a good Internet connection.

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.

If I ever meet Dave Chappelle, I’ma thank him for his contribution to internet culture.

As long as I’m still creating, I’m gonna be alive.

Man, woman, gay, straight, black, white, we just want to be happy.

If you’re too scared to approach somebody, then you’re not ready to be in love.

For all the people who say I’m rich, you know who gets the most respect? The poorest of the poor.

Dave Chappelle Quotes – Wisdom and Wit from the Comedy Legend part 2

I’m famous, but I’m not famous famous.

You could be a broke mothafucka and be happy.

I live in a bubble, and comedy is my bubble.

Sometimes you gotta laugh through the pain.

I am just a comedian. I’m not a leader. I’m a clown who does political satire.

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

I got a lot of cool friends because I’m famous.

Most dudes wear their pajamas 24 hours a day anyway.

When you take yourself too seriously, that’s when you become a joke.

Sometimes the only way to deal with the pain is to laugh at it.

Nobody’s coming to save us, so we gotta figure it out.

I wish racism was like a sickle cell disease and people could only get it from each other.

I wanna be the first black superhero. Fuck Black Panther, I want to be Green Lantern!

You can’t get AIDS twice – that shit don’t play.

You could go see a kid and be his favorite comedian for the rest of his life.

I’m just trying to do my best work, and I always try to be profound and hilarious.

You can’t be high and shot at the same time. That’s how motherfuckers get shot.

I’m the best, I’m the best at evolution, I’m the best of all time.

There’s not enough ideas floating around that are both funny and have a point behind them.

I’m gonna tell you something about me that’s gonna blow your mind. I smoke weed every day.

I get paid for my truth.

Sometimes you have to take a leap and build your wings on the way down.

Comedy is the resistance.

If you’re black in America, you’re under suspicion.

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

I make jokes, and if you don’t like that joke, don’t listen. But I promise you, I will keep making jokes.