“The animosity I felt from the colored people I encountered growing up was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“They were like, “Trevor, you have to ask her. You’re the only two. It’s your responsibility.” It was like our species was… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“It taught me that it is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“I learned about how Christianity works: If you’re Native American and you pray to the wolves, you’re a savage. If you’re African… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When I first started doing comedy, there was no such thing as a room that had black people and white people in… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“It’s such a strange thing, but in two years of hustling I never once thought of it as a crime. I honestly… — 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
