Margaret Cho quotes

Margaret Cho is an American comedian, actress, and writer known for her bold, socially conscious humor. Her work often addresses issues of race, sexuality, and identity, drawing from her own experiences as a Korean-American. She has become a prominent voice for LGBTQ rights and Asian-American representation in entertainment. Here are 283 of her quotes:

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.

Margaret Cho

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

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[An article about Cho] started out, "Funny, sexy, zaftig Margaret Cho..." What is "zaftig?" Isn't that German for "big fat pig?" I guess I was lucky- "zaftig" is kind of a nice word. It could have been, "Funny, sexy, OBESE Margaret Cho."

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

Margaret Cho

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.

Margaret Cho

I always wonder why Republicans hate gay marriage, because they certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.

Margaret Cho

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

Margaret Cho

It was hard for me to do the show (All-American Girl) because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I was on a morning show and the host said, "Awright, Margaret, we're changing over to an ABC affiliate! So why don't you tell our viewers in your native language that we're making that transition?" So I looked at the camera and said, "Um, they're changing over to an ABC affiliate."

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I helped deliver one of my best friend's children. I just was so amazed by my friend, because she was not just a woman, she was not just a mother. At that moment she was creation; she was life; she was God. And as I looked in her eyes, BOOM! Her pussy exploded.

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One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat.

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

Margaret Cho

I think that gay people should have the right to get married by Elvis like everybody else.

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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!

Margaret Cho

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty.

Margaret Cho

I knew I was crazy because I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and the part where Jesus carries the cross up the mountain, I actually said to myself, "Wow! That must be a really good workout! Yeah, because you're doing arms and cardio!"

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

Margaret Cho

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

Margaret Cho

Don't you think the soldiers look like they came straight from high school yearbooks, too young to be over in Iraq, fighting for no reason?

Margaret Cho

Then there are the laws against homosexuality. Then there is the Asian exclusion act. Then there the internment of Japanese Americans. I'm not even going to talk about Guantanamo. And then there is the first American hate crime: taking this land from the Native Americans. We can keep it up forever. Hate Crime Trivial Pursuit. There are more than enough hate crimes to play a decent round.

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The way some of these politicians talk about homosexuality is very insulting. They treat it like it's a disease, like being gay is contagious. Being gay is not contagious. And if you think that it is, YOU'RE GAY.

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We don't have the luxury of our own privatized civil rights movements because the crimes - the ignorance, the rage, the hate against the who/what/why of some of us, is a much much larger foe. Together we are more than the sum of our parts. In union, in communion, in joining hands, we conquer all, because we have love on our side.

Margaret Cho

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

Margaret Cho