390 Quotes by Margaret Cho

In the early '90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.

I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I went "cough, cough, cough... You wanna egg rorr?

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.

The best tattooists are in San Francisco, and they're kind of like my family now. I'm always excited to come back to San Francisco.

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

Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug story. There's just her and her fame and her beauty. But Anna Nicole created that template of somebody that you'd want to watch on reality TV. Somebody that you'd want to invite into your home or as a role model, in terms of beauty and lifestyle and glamour.

Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?

I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work.