110+ Tracy Morgan Quotes On Education, Relationships And Money

Tracy Morgan is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his seven seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and for his role in the sitcom 30 Rock. He currently stars in the TBS series The Last O.G. and the Netflix film The Last O.G. Reloaded. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tracy Morgan on life, education, leadership.

Top 10 Tracy Morgan Quotes

1. Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.
2. And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.
3. Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.
4. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but it's cool to have strong and powerful pets.
5. Don't follow in my footsteps. Be original, and create your own path. Be a trailblazer! Do you! Be better than me. Do you! Be happy and have joy in your life.
6. I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.
7. The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight… I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society.
8. My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back."
9. I love this cornbread so much, I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant.
10. In my heart, I really don't care who you love, same sex or not; as long as you have the ability to love, that's the important thing here.

Tracy Morgan Short Quotes

• You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.
• I'm not afraid to move away from funny. I'm not afraid of that.
• I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.
• George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.
• Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created.
• When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].
• I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.
• I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work.
• I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.
• Stand-up is mine. It's a part of me.

Tracy Morgan Quotes About Life

My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of The Color Purple. It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same. — Tracy Morgan

Outside of show business, I live a normal life. — Tracy Morgan

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me he was still a rock star. — Tracy Morgan

I've got to show life as I see it. — Tracy Morgan

I don't really take the college tours and all that. Those are young people and I'm quite sure they're mature enough to understand, but they haven't seen or lived real life yet. — Tracy Morgan

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not really struggling about my career. The struggles are in my personal life. I can't really pinpoint how long it took me to get where I'm at, and I didn't care how long it was going to take, because it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. — Tracy Morgan

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them. — Tracy Morgan

Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch. — Tracy Morgan

I don't need no stool and mike stand. I don't need all of that to be funny. I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me. I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye. — Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan Quotes About God

When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it. — Tracy Morgan

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability. — Tracy Morgan

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people. — Tracy Morgan

I don't even deal with politics. I just don't believe in them. I think politics are politricks. My whole thing is power to the people. I don't put my faith in any one man. I keep my faith in God. That's where I keep my faith. — Tracy Morgan

I give [Barack Obama] a 10 [on a scale of 1 to 10] because he's not God, and he inherited a couple of wars, and a financial mess.I want to see him curse somebody out on TV. You can't finesse a bull. He's gotta throw down. He's in the shark tank. — Tracy Morgan

I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me. — Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan Quotes About Funny

I see the ups and downs. I see the mistakes I've made. I see a funny person. I see a serious person. I see a diamond. I see the good times. I see the bad times. And I see knowledge of self. I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me. — Tracy Morgan

Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day. — Tracy Morgan

I want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny. — Tracy Morgan

My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman. — Tracy Morgan

The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny! — Tracy Morgan

Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny. — Tracy Morgan

I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze. — Tracy Morgan

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny. — Tracy Morgan

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not focused on the outrageousness. I'm just focused on being funny, and raising my kids. I don't even read the newspaper, I don't read that crap. — Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan Famous Quotes And Sayings

Fame doesn't matter. Money doesn't matter. Those things are forever fleeting. I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy. — Tracy Morgan

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people. — Tracy Morgan

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music. — Tracy Morgan

I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy. — Tracy Morgan

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind. — Tracy Morgan

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together. — Tracy Morgan

I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut. — Tracy Morgan

A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then. — Tracy Morgan

My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality. — Tracy Morgan

People walked out on Richard Pryor and he's the funniest man alive. — Tracy Morgan

I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write. — Tracy Morgan

Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being. — Tracy Morgan

To me, politics is a pile of tricks. — Tracy Morgan

I would love to try action films. — Tracy Morgan

Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect. — Tracy Morgan

Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit. — Tracy Morgan

Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes. — Tracy Morgan

I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting. — Tracy Morgan

I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are. — Tracy Morgan

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career. — Tracy Morgan

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working. — Tracy Morgan

I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye. — Tracy Morgan

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny. — Tracy Morgan

You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker. — Tracy Morgan

I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate. — Tracy Morgan

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life. — Tracy Morgan

Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life. — Tracy Morgan

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing. — Tracy Morgan

I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it. — Tracy Morgan

If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place. — Tracy Morgan

I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of the Apes' every night. — Tracy Morgan

I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy. — Tracy Morgan

People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right. — Tracy Morgan

I'm old, and so busy with work, that I like to just stay home and get my sleep now. I try not to burn both ends of the candle. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills. — Tracy Morgan

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life. — Tracy Morgan

When I was a young kid, my pops introduced me to it. He took me to Harlem, 145th and Edgecombe, to watch the filming of Claudine with James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. That was my first taste of seeing a set and the cameras, and I was bit by the acting bug at a young age. — Tracy Morgan

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing. — Tracy Morgan

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts. — Tracy Morgan

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy. — Tracy Morgan

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned. — Tracy Morgan

I'm very giving. Even if it's for nonsense, I'll give it to you. — Tracy Morgan

Live every week like it's shark week. — Tracy Morgan

I touch on sex in my stand-up and it's funny, because when I talk about sex from an adult point of view, people cringe. But if I talk about war or killing, people laugh. So it's sick. It's really demented. — Tracy Morgan

I live life and I don't take it for granted. — Tracy Morgan

Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That’s why they call it the Fists of Fury. Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I’m not mad at anybody. I’m not mad at any human being because I’m a human being. — Tracy Morgan

They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining. — Tracy Morgan

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy. — Tracy Morgan

I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group. — Tracy Morgan

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy. — Tracy Morgan

Bones heal, but the loss of my friend will never heal. — Tracy Morgan

As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life. — Tracy Morgan

The actors are different, although I didn't set out to be different. My inspiration came from people like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The genre is what it is. My inspiration was drawn from great movies like 48 Hours, Bad Boys and Rush Hour. — Tracy Morgan

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing. — Tracy Morgan

I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others. — Tracy Morgan

I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host Saturday Night Live. — Tracy Morgan

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius. — Tracy Morgan

When I do stand-up... I get to do whatever I want to do. There's no boundaries. You'll get to know me. You'll leave with a piece of me. — Tracy Morgan

I love "30 Rock" because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. — Tracy Morgan

The things I did on Saturday Night Live are going to stay as Saturday Night Live. You've never seen Eddie Murphy do a Gumby movie. There's a lot more new material inside of me. — Tracy Morgan

Life Lessons by Tracy Morgan

1. Tracy Morgan has shown that hard work and dedication can lead to success, no matter where you come from or what obstacles you face.
2. He has also demonstrated the importance of staying true to yourself and not compromising your values in pursuit of fame and fortune.
3. Finally, he has taught us that it's never too late to pursue your dreams and that you can always find joy and laughter in life, no matter the circumstances.