--- title: "6 Fats Quotes By Margaret Cho" description: "6 Fats quotes by Margaret Cho. Plus more from Margaret Cho and more Fats sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/margaret-cho-1136_bigs_started-out-funny-sexy-zaftig-margaret-c_268112.jpg" --- > [Started out, Funny, sexy, zaftig Margaret Cho... What is zaftig? Isn't that German for big fat pig? I guess I was lucky-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/started-out-funny-sexy-zaftig-margaret-cho-what-is-zaftig-isn-t-that/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/margaret-cho-1136_bigs_started-out-funny-sexy-zaftig-margaret-c_268112.jpg) > [I'm not a body shamer. The word fat has been used to hurt me my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-not-a-body-shamer-the-word-fat-has-been-used-to-hurt-me-my-entire/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/margaret-cho-1136_body_i-m-not-a-body-shamer-the-word-fat-has-b_1059413.png) > [ \[An article about Cho\] started out, "Funny, sexy, zaftig Margaret Cho..." What is "zaftig?" Isn't that German for "big fat pig?" I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/an-article-about-cho-started-out-funny-sexy-zaftig-margaret-cho-what/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/margaret-cho-1136_bigs_an-article-about-cho-started-out-funny-s_1079248.png) > [Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/being-called-ugly-and-fat-and-disgusting-to-look-at-from-the-time-i/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/810/margaret-cho-1136_claims_being-called-ugly-and-fat-and-disgusting_1839164.png) > [I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-didn-t-appreciate-the-young-woman-that-i-was-or-my-young-beauty/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/margaret-cho-1136_add_i-didn-t-appreciate-the-young-woman-that_1841916.png) > [I'm always too fat. And I always look terrible. But I love the theater of the red carpet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-always-too-fat-and-i-always-look-terrible-but-i-love-the-theater/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/margaret-cho-1136_carpet_i-m-always-too-fat-and-i-always-look-ter_2852550.png) ## Other authors on Fats ## More by Margaret Cho > [As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/as-a-child-i-had-a-lot-of-older-gay-men-taking-care-of-me-there-s-a/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-super-obsessed-with-intervention-i-wrote-a-song-about-it/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I have 3 dogs myself - I actually have a kennel license in order to do so. I love them so much I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-have-3-dogs-myself-i-actually-have-a-kennel-license-in-order-to-do/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-self-deprecation-is-such-a-disease-and-i-want-to-cure/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I don't like pot anymore -- I forget why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-don-t-like-pot-anymore-i-forget-why/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-not-a-mom-but-i-think-the-word-mother-is-about-wisdom/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/that-we-are-selfish-gives-us-the-opportunity-to-gain-the-power-so/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/why-can-t-all-different-types-of-women-be-considered-beautiful-why/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-that-failure-is-just-as-important-as-success-in-a-way-failure/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-could-never-make-a-joke-about-somebody-unless-i-could-say-it-to/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/sometimes-when-we-are-generous-in-small-barely-detectable-ways-it-can/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [ Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right \[in the USA\], is something that cannot be denied. It's also very… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/something-as-important-as-marriage-equality-which-is-now-a/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [It's not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/it-s-not-the-best-between-my-family-and-me-there-are-so-many-crimes/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [It's okay for you to have relationships, but it's not okay to talk about them. It's not okay to be out or to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/it-s-okay-for-you-to-have-relationships-but-it-s-not-okay-to-talk/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/my-attitude-toward-peace-does-not-depend-on-which-war-we-are/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fats/margaret-cho/#itemlist", "name": "6 Fats Quotes By Margaret Cho", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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