390 Quotes by Margaret Cho

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

No matter what these terrorists do, I refuse to be terrorized. All this requires is just a few alterations in our day to day lives. For example, my first instinct when I receive an envelope full of white powder...is to snort it! I just won't do that this time!

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

Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for LGBT, for women, for Asian people. So my goal in comedy has sort of been to make this a safe space for people who were like me.

When we're talking about feminism, I get sort of lost in the argument. Because as a woman of color, I don't know where I belong in this argument. Where do I say, 'I would be happy to have less money'? How do you fight for your rights when I'm super-grateful to be here at all?

I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't help when my mother, instead of buying me glue for school projects, would tell me to just use rice.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

Why do Republicans hate gay marriage so much? They certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.

To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.