Redd Quotes

I'd had a cold that day and wasn't as powerful as usual, otherwise Alyss would never have done so well," Redd said as, in the alcove, the final image dissolved. She blew at the cloud and it drifted out into the crypt. "Has a malicious ruler ever suffered more? I think not. ~ Frank Beddor

What's the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping tom? A pickpocket snatches watches. ~ Redd Foxx

Do you realize that if the pilgrims have been chasing bobcats instead of turkeys.. we'd all be eating pussy on Thanksgiving?! ~ Redd Foxx

We're family," Alyss said.
Redd snorted. "Is that supposed to mean something?"
Family," Alyss said again, trying to convince herself more than Redd.
Don't talk to me about family! You were never disowned by your parents!"
I'd rather have been disowned by them then see them murdered. ~ Frank Beddor

I'm a Sagittarian, see, I can't be fenced in. I been living in Las Vegas, greatest city in the world. I look out my window for 100 miles. In Vegas, there's nothing to do but gamble, drink or have sex. I have two of 'em. ~ Redd Foxx

Redd laughed. "The lovely thing about being here," she said, gesturing at the maze, "is that I'm able to immagine your imagination powerless. Ah, if only that were the case on the outside. But enough chitchat. If you're going to die
which you are
I'm sure you'd like to get it over with."
The Looking Glass Wars ~ Frank Beddor

Well now," the scholar went on, "I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who could use a tan, so you needn't grant my opinion any authority, but I consider the queendom lucky that a handful of Milliners and their children lived incognito among the population during Redd's tyranny. ~ Frank Beddor

Are you Lewis Carroll? Redd asked him. ~ Frank Beddor

Entering the foyer, Royale already decided that he would thank Shake once more for being by his side at Keena's recital. But she stunned him by eagerly waiting for him just like old times - on her knees wearing only a collar and a leash. ~ S.B. Redd

For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man."
To be killed by you is to be desired more than a life excluded from your service."
Bravo." Her Imperial Viciousness laughed with genuine feeling. "Bra-vo! ~ Frank Beddor

You don't like my dress?"
The vines of Reed's couture streched toward the tutor, the rose's petal-mouths chomping.
It isn't that, Your Imperial Viciousness. The earthlings will not understand you. Not understanding you, they will be frightened and send their petty authorities to apprehend you."
Ha!"
Of course they'll fail. That isn't the point. But you'll have to wast engery dealing with them instead of concentrating on your niece's destruction. I doubt that the way to achive your aim is to spread your strength across many fronts so that, when it's time to battle Alyss, you many not be at the peak of your powers. Your niece, I gather, shouldn't be underestimated."
Vollrath hadn't graduated from the Tutor Corps for nothing. "I don't like when sound reasoning counters my wishes," Redd hissed. ~ Frank Beddor

Albert Lee and I have become real close friends, and he comes out anytime I'm in the L.A. area, and he'll sit in for the whole show ! ... we've got a habit of doing that ... in Austin Redd Volkaert does the same thing ... it's fun ... I love to make it a guitar thing and the audience doesn't know any different - they think he's some new band member they don't know. They don't realize Albert's the reason we all play Teles ! ... ~ Brad Paisley

I'm not playing for the All-Star Game, I'm playing to win games. ~ Michael Redd

I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one. ~ Redd Foxx

Sometimes, tragedy is the only wake-up call. ~ Redd Kaiman

Obviously you look at "Magic" (Ervin Johnson) and Michael (Jordan) and you learn from them growing up, but I think you are just born with it from day one. ~ Michael Redd

You make me wish that birth control was retroactive. ~ Redd Foxx

You are not worried about scoring; you are worried about winning the game. ~ Michael Redd

My father was the funniest man I ever met. He made Redd Foxx look like an undertaker. ~ Henry Louis Gates

Junk runs in the family. My granddad was a junk man in St. Louis and so was my uncle. ~ Redd Foxx

It wasn't a mistake to come out of college early. It was the best move I ever made. I had one year to practice and learn the NBA game. It was like a redshirt year. ~ Michael Redd

You know, in everyone's life you go through just trying to learn what one times one is - one times one equals one. ~ S.B. Redd

Sanford and Son is more than just a name. It's a condition, a dynasty, an empire. This here is the finest pile of junk of the world. ~ Redd Foxx

But I killed you," said Alyss.
Did you?" Redd turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?"
The Looking Glass Wars ~ Frank Beddor

I know that good things will happen for me if I keep working hard. ~ Michael Redd

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. ~ Redd Foxx

Redd shed caution like an outgrown skin. ~ Frank Beddor

When I was 16 years old I led the team in scoring. I would attack, attack, attack and that is something I think you are just born with, I really do. ~ Michael Redd

Life's not meant to be spent in a cubical ~ Blair Redd

I would find no value in the allegiance of a fool ready to give himself up to any old hag of Black Imagination who presented herself. I will accept your allegiance. For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man."
To be killed by you is to be desired more than a life excluded from your service."
(Redd and Sacrenoir) ~ Frank Beddor

Redd's face contorted with a sudden realization. "How could I have been so stupid?"
The Cat was trying to decide if this was a rhetorical question when she roared, "It's a construct!"
With a dismiissive swing of Redd's arm, Alyss and her army began to shimmer, the billon points of engery that formed them monentarily visible before exploding apart into nothing. Redd scoped the queendom with her imagination's eye. "Where are you, Alyss? Where is my dear little niece? ~ Frank Beddor

In this life, no matter what you do-you will never be able to satisfy everyone. So stay true to yourself and do you. Trying to please others, you will only end up angry and dissatisfied with life. ~ Redd

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America - that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved. ~ Redd Foxx

Redd up the ship! ~ Mary Ann Shaffer

William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another. ~ Kinky Friedman

I work hard and have a winning attitude. ~ Michael Redd

Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy. ~ Frank Beddor

What's an archive, son? Is that anything like a closet? ~ Redd Foxx

But I killed you," Alyss said. "Did you?" Red turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed? ~ Frank Beddor

This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey! ~ Redd Foxx

If you can see the handwriting on the wall ... you're on the toilet. ~ Redd Foxx

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis. ~ Redd Foxx

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. ~ Redd Foxx

The black, hungry roses that Redd sent snaking towards the princess were easily squashed, the orbs and and unmanned, airborne blades of effortlessly waved off, and the spears of black energy (Alyss was flattered, her aunt borrowing this idea from her) pinned motionless to the air by Alyss's own white spears with no trouble. ~ Frank Beddor

A girl's legs are her best friends ... but even the best of friends must part. ~ Redd Foxx

Pastor McFucking Bride this ... Pastor McFucking Bride that. Fuck him! ~ S.B. Redd

When I was in grade school I was always the guy that got 20 or 18 points. Even back then, I would lead my team in scoring. ~ Michael Redd

Off with their heads!" the woman screamed. "Off with their stinking, boring heads!""
Redd, The Looking Class Wars ~ Frank Beddor

There are a lot of shredders in country music - Redd Volkaert, Brent Mason, Dan Huff .. and guys like that ~ Brad Paisley

I'm stronger than you are, Redd. ~ Frank Beddor

Hey! Leave the door open will ya? The flies haven't been out all day. ~ Redd Foxx

After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'"
-Dodge(obviously) ~ Frank Beddor