I lived in a world where I didn't share the love for my stepfather that my mother shared for him. She married… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
[My mother] wanted to go as deep as possible into the world of religion. And that took her into Judaism. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I learned to use language like my mother did. I would simulcast, give you the program in your own tongue. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. A… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
My mother's always looking for answers. She's always searching for new information. I think she has a thirst for hunger that very… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
[My mother ] will write me an email, and it'll be Shanah Tovah. And the next day it'll be something else, Baruch… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
It was just how my parents treated me. It was the world they decided to show me. I was really sheltered. My… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“he way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927].… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“But I was blessed with another trait I inherited from my mother: her ability to forget the pain in life. I remember… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think it was something I inherited from my mother, who learned to do it. You know, I, like a baby duckling,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Love is a creative act. When you love someone you create a new world for them. My mother did that for me,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“My mother calls it 'the black tax.' Because the generations who came before you have been pillaged, rather than being free to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“My family had been denied the things his family had taken for granted. I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. A kid cannot… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
It's very rare to find a place where news itself has a political bent. Normally, let's say in the U.K. for instance, newspapers might… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost every single… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
If the police believed that they were planning any form of resistance against the state, then you were just gone. Nobody knew where you… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“I remember the thing that caused the trauma, but I don't hold on to the trauma. I never let the memory of something painful… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says “We’re the same.” A… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week and a… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“The hood was strangely comforting, but comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.” — Trevor Noah Copy Share
![“[My mother] wanted to go as deep as possible into the world of religion. And that took her into Judaism.” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1bb/trevor-noah-1603_judaism_my-mother-wanted-to-go-as-deep-as-possib_1112040.jpg)
![“[My mother ] will write me an email, and it'll be Shanah Tovah. And the next day it'll be something else, Baruch Hashem Adonai. And I - I'm lost half of the time, but that was the world that I grew up in.” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ddc/trevor-noah-1603_email_my-mother-will-write-me-an-email-and-it_1487748.jpg)
![“I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South Africa at the time was a very matriarchal society because so many black men had been removed from the home.” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b8e/trevor-noah-1603_along-for-the-ride_i-was-lucky-to-come-along-for-the-ride-m_156584.jpg)
![“[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me - where does this Bible come from? What does this Old Testament speak - who are the Israelites? Who - what is Judaism? And then she went, and I'm going to study that. And, you know, she…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/86e/trevor-noah-1603_bible_my-mother-went-ok-i-ve-read-the-bible-i_2745535.jpg)
![“Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927]. My mother was part of that group. My father was part of that group. People who were black and whites and Indian and Asian - and you came together and said, we choose to mix at…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5b9/trevor-noah-1603_arrested_those-were-the-places-where-many-people_2125606.jpg)
