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title: "1 Polite Society Quotes By Margaret Cho"
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> [I think that when you are accused of being in bad taste it can be quite positive. You're challenging the notions of polite society. I'd like to put across the notion that bad taste is actually good for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-that-when-you-are-accused-of-being-in-bad-taste-it-can-be/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/margaret-cho-1136_accused_i-think-that-when-you-are-accused-of-bei_2397275.png)

## Other authors on Polite Society

## 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/)

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