Margaret Cho Quotes

I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time.

The power of visibility can never be underestimated.

Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange?

Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.

Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.

Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.

If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'

I’m not playing the race card. I’m playing the rice card.

The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.

Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.

Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Humanity is a natural foil for inhumanity, and humanity is what will ultimately keep us going when all else has failed.

Let's not hate ourselves. We are all we have. ... I have been a longtime perpetrator of hate crimes against myself, and I am turning myself in. I have had enough.

You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter.

Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.

I was about 17 or 18 and there were a lot of clubs and dancing. It was the beginning of rave culture and a lot of ecstasy. Because of all the drugs, there are certain songs that make me feel high.

You have to adhere to a certain morality, a certain level of decorum, or else you'll be punished and labeled.

I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.

I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.

Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate.

White fragility! White people are so sensitive about race and racial conversations. I feel like I'm always walking on eggshells when I'm around white people.

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.

Since I became a dancer, I have felt much better about myself.

Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again.

Silence is so often applauded and those who speak out are often called tasteless.

I urge you all today, especially today during these times of chaos and war, to love yourself without reservations and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather.

I'd like to put across the notion that bad taste is actually good for you.

We women are constantly at war with our bodies, it is hard to find amnesty for ourselves.

I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much.

Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.

Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!

A few words about ‘trannychasing.’ I am not a trannychaser. Ok, actually I am a trannychaser. No I am not. I am a trannycatcher! Just kidding!

Pot is an insidious drug because it can steal your life away from you, without you even being aware of it. I had a love affair with pot for ten years. Pot was my most devoted partner.

There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it, and how to solve it without making people really angry.

You didn't hear Yello until later in the night in the bondage clubs. Things would start getting crazy and that's when you'd hear Yello. It was bad.

I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and my whole house has a harem feel.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

I’m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I’m going to succeed as myself.

I think it is really sad that when people lose their homes they kind of lose their minds too.

I have so much hate that it has turned into love.

I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT'" -

George Bush isn't Hitler. He could be if he applied himself.