--- title: "23 Ifs Quotes By Margaret Cho" description: "23 Ifs quotes by Margaret Cho. Plus more from Margaret Cho and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not_1386717.png" --- > [If you have sex, it should be for you, not for the other person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not-for-the-other-person/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not_1386717.png) > [If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-and-cute-and-single-i-m-like/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/margaret-cho-1136_cute_if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-a_2461274.png) > [Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/silence-equals-nonexistence-if-i-don-t-raise-my-voice-it-s-like-i/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_silence-equals-nonexistence-if-i-don-t-r_2003841.png) > [If you really care about children then why would you want to keep families from adopting them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-you-really-care-about-children-then-why-would-you-want-to-keep/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/margaret-cho-1136_adopting_if-you-really-care-about-children-then-w_499123.png) > [ I think if somebody does something stupid, it's okay to make fun of them, but \[celebrities\] have also gotten very conscious about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-if-somebody-does-something-stupid-it-s-okay-to-make-fun-of/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/margaret-cho-1136_catholic_i-think-if-somebody-does-something-stupi_1693981.png) > [Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/success-is-meaningless-if-you-can-t-sleep-at-night-because-of-harsh/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/margaret-cho-1136_can-t-sleep_success-is-meaningless-if-you-can-t-slee_431919.png) > [I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I'm angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-comedy-is-an-angry-art-form-it-s-an-outsider-art-form-anger/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/margaret-cho-1136_anger_i-think-comedy-is-an-angry-art-form-it-s_1691857.png) > [I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/margaret-cho-1136_accepting_i-think-that-failure-is-just-as-importan_54614.png) > [Where do people get off telling people what to do? It's their bodies. If you legalized sex work and legally protected the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/where-do-people-get-off-telling-people-what-to-do-it-s-their-bodies/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/margaret-cho-1136_body_where-do-people-get-off-telling-people-w_3166948.png) > [I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-taught-sunday-school-for-two-years-and-i-got-fired-i-abused-my/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/margaret-cho-1136_authority_i-taught-sunday-school-for-two-years-and_2679106.jpg) > [When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/when-i-was-14-i-told-my-mother-i-was-going-to-drop-out-of-high-school/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/margaret-cho-1136_comedy_when-i-was-14-i-told-my-mother-i-was-goi_3141438.png) > [As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-cho-1136_bad-thing_as-a-child-i-had-a-lot-of-older-gay-men_667.jpg) > [ And if the problem \[with contraception\] is promiscuity, then why does the immense popularity of Viagra go unchecked? Doesn't it make more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/and-if-the-problem-with-contraception-is-promiscuity-then-why-does/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/margaret-cho-1136_birth_and-if-the-problem-with-contraception-is_1482364.jpg) > [ Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right \[in the USA\], is something that cannot be denied. It's… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/margaret-cho-1136_bigotry_something-as-important-as-marriage-equal_140839.png) > [As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/as-a-woman-of-color-you-have-little-more-permission-to-go-deeper-and/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/margaret-cho-1136_blow_as-a-woman-of-color-you-have-little-more_3187053.jpg) > [I'm really bad with trolls because I have a lot of really intense friends who are not necessarily doing things so legally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-really-bad-with-trolls-because-i-have-a-lot-of-really-intense/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/margaret-cho-1136_doing-things_i-m-really-bad-with-trolls-because-i-hav_1475968.png) > [I don't have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It's weird not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-don-t-have-children-and-i-am-not-sure-if-i-have-wanted-them-or/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/margaret-cho-1136_able_i-don-t-have-children-and-i-am-not-sure_1860777.jpg) > [Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/try-to-have-a-good-day-today-wherever-you-are-whatever-you-do-whoever/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/margaret-cho-1136_feels_try-to-have-a-good-day-today-wherever-yo_1860860.jpg) > [ Like the Birth Of Venus, the song \[Yello "oh, Yeah"\] denotes the birth of the bro. The song just reminds me of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/like-the-birth-of-venus-the-song-yello-oh-yeah-denotes-the-birth-of/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/margaret-cho-1136_associates_like-the-birth-of-venus-the-song-yello-o_1501028.jpg) > [If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-you-are-a-woman-if-you-re-a-person-of-color-if-you-are-gay-lesbian-2/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/margaret-cho-1136_bisexual_if-you-are-a-woman-if-you-re-a-person-of_2035898.png) > [My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/my-family-has-been-deeply-affected-by-the-split-of-korea-which/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/margaret-cho-1136_affected_my-family-has-been-deeply-affected-by-th_2833471.png) > [If you're a songwriter, you want to write a song like "Oh Yeah" that radically shifts everything. You can definitely retire on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-you-re-a-songwriter-you-want-to-write-a-song-like-oh-yeah-that/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/margaret-cho-1136_bad-thing_if-you-re-a-songwriter-you-want-to-write_1805335.jpg) > [Let's not hate ourselves. We are all we have. We cannot change anything until we accept that. I cannot do this alone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/let-s-not-hate-ourselves-we-are-all-we-have-we-cannot-change-anything/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/margaret-cho-1136_accept_let-s-not-hate-ourselves-we-are-all-we-h_1447973.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/margaret-cho/#itemlist", "name": "23 Ifs Quotes By Margaret Cho", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have sex, it should be for you, not for the other person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Cho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not-for-the-other-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not_1386717.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not_1386717.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/margaret-cho-1136_ifs_if-you-have-sex-it-should-be-for-you-not_1386717.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you have sex, it should be for you, not for the other person.” — Margaret Cho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Cho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-and-cute-and-single-i-m-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/margaret-cho-1136_cute_if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-a_2461274.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/margaret-cho-1136_cute_if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-a_2461274.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/margaret-cho-1136_cute_if-i-m-talking-to-a-guy-who-s-straight-a_2461274.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'” — Margaret Cho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Silence equals nonexistence. 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