--- title: "19 Knows Quotes By Margaret Cho" description: "19 Knows quotes by Margaret Cho. Plus more from Margaret Cho and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/margaret-cho-1136_actresses_a-lot-of-the-actresses-who-were-around-w_800015.png" --- > [A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don't know where they are. Comics stick around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/a-lot-of-the-actresses-who-were-around-when-i-started-i-don-t-know/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/margaret-cho-1136_actresses_a-lot-of-the-actresses-who-were-around-w_800015.png) > [I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS- you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-got-back-from-toronto-where-they-had-a-severe-outbreak-of-sars-you/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/margaret-cho-1136_asian_i-got-back-from-toronto-where-they-had-a_1362783.png) > [Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/monogamy-is-so-weird-like-when-you-know-their-name-and-stuff/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/margaret-cho-1136_inspirational_monogamy-is-so-weird-like-when-you-know_872677.png) > [Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/over-half-the-world-menstruates-at-one-time-or-another-but-you-d/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/margaret-cho-1136_half_over-half-the-world-menstruates-at-one-t_1433307.png) > [ You have to have a very holler-y sensibility. So they \[the audience\] know there's something worth listening to. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/you-have-to-have-a-very-holler-y-sensibility-so-they-the-audience/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/margaret-cho-1136_audience_you-have-to-have-a-very-holler-y-sensibi_879421.png) > [I don't like catchphrases either. A current one would be, "Bye, Felicia." It's used so much that we don't even know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-don-t-like-catchphrases-either-a-current-one-would-be-bye-felicia/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/margaret-cho-1136_bye_i-don-t-like-catchphrases-either-a-curre_572259.png) > [People have a lot of shame and suffering around it and I felt that the best thing I could do was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/people-have-a-lot-of-shame-and-suffering-around-it-and-i-felt-that/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/margaret-cho-1136_best-things_people-have-a-lot-of-shame-and-suffering_2409981.png) > [That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/margaret-cho-1136_gains_that-we-are-selfish-gives-us-the-opportu_52717.png) > [I don't know why it's anyone's business! People do what they need to do. I did it, and it was nowhere near…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-don-t-know-why-it-s-anyone-s-business-people-do-what-they-need-to/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/margaret-cho-1136_big-deal_i-don-t-know-why-it-s-anyone-s-business_728373.png) > [I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-loved-everything-i-read-everything-art-and-poetry-and-literature/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/margaret-cho-1136_art_i-loved-everything-i-read-everything-art_3142375.jpg) > [Its funny because when I did feel like I came out and I just felt like I was being truthful to myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/its-funny-because-when-i-did-feel-like-i-came-out-and-i-just-felt/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/margaret-cho-1136_being-honest_its-funny-because-when-i-did-feel-like-i_1976364.jpg) > [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) > [We must know who we are, so we can know what we want, so we don't end up wanting the wrong thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/we-must-know-who-we-are-so-we-can-know-what-we-want-so-we-don-t-end/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/margaret-cho-1136_and-love_we-must-know-who-we-are-so-we-can-know-w_2885422.jpg) > [There's vulnerability - so I have to make sure the audience is certain that I know what I'm doing. There's vulnerability there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/there-s-vulnerability-so-i-have-to-make-sure-the-audience-is-certain/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/margaret-cho-1136_audience_there-s-vulnerability-so-i-have-to-make_825870.png) > [I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-was-in-toronto-when-they-had-a-severe-outbreak-of-sars-you-know/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/margaret-cho-1136_airports_i-was-in-toronto-when-they-had-a-severe_2561090.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) > [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) > [When we're talking about feminism, I get sort of lost in the argument. Because as a woman of color, I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/when-we-re-talking-about-feminism-i-get-sort-of-lost-in-the-argument/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/margaret-cho-1136_argument_when-we-re-talking-about-feminism-i-get_999516.png) > [I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you...I think that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-always-thought-that-people-told-you-that-you-re-beautiful-that-this/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/margaret-cho-1136_beautiful_i-always-thought-that-people-told-you-th_161446.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/margaret-cho/#itemlist", "name": "19 Knows Quotes By Margaret Cho", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don't know where they are. 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