“It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.”
Humor
“Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.”
HappinessAll Quotes by Margaret Cho
“My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.”
Funny“Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again.”
Beauty“Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.”
Beauty“I think it is really sad that when people lose their homes they kind of lose their minds too.”
Sad“I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity.”
Beauty“Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.”
Humor“We women are constantly at war with our bodies, it is hard to find amnesty for ourselves.”
War“It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change.”
Change“It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians.”
Women“The power of visibility can never be underestimated.”
Power“I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it.”
Home“Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.”
Religion“Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?”
Women“Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.”
Happiness“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.”
Birthday“I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.”
Funny“Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally unfolded. I cheated myself out of a childhood but then got a running headstart into adulthood that no one else could keep up with.”
Future“People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.”
Best“Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.”
Politics