--- title: "8 Queens Quotes By RuPaul" description: "8 Queens quotes by RuPaul. Plus more from RuPaul and more Queens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/rupaul-1537_fellows_the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones_629283.png" --- > [The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones-your-fellow-queens-are/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/rupaul-1537_fellows_the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones_629283.png) > [As gay people, we always think outside of the box. The irreverent is always important to a drag queen and anyone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/as-gay-people-we-always-think-outside-of-the-box-the-irreverent-is/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/rupaul-1537_boxes_as-gay-people-we-always-think-outside-of_971912.png) > [I feel like a mother-queen-vampire-Dracula because I want to make more girls so I can have more friends and more girls to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-feel-like-a-mother-queen-vampire-dracula-because-i-want-to-make/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/rupaul-1537_feels_i-feel-like-a-mother-queen-vampire-dracu_1015746.png) > [It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/it-s-a-sort-of-piss-take-on-culture-because-a-drag-queen-is-a-clown-a/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/rupaul-1537_clown_it-s-a-sort-of-piss-take-on-culture-beca_1744102.png) > [Give a drag queen a fish and you feed her for a day; show her how to be fishy and you feed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/give-a-drag-queen-a-fish-and-you-feed-her-for-a-day-show-her-how-to/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/rupaul-1537_drag_give-a-drag-queen-a-fish-and-you-feed-he_1899916.png) > [We are all illusionists and that's why we are attracted to drag queens. This whole world is an illusion. It's not real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/we-are-all-illusionists-and-that-s-why-we-are-attracted-to-drag/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/rupaul-1537_drag_we-are-all-illusionists-and-that-s-why-w_2512643.png) > [I can always sniff out when someone is being what they think I want them to be, which is the complete opposite.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-can-always-sniff-out-when-someone-is-being-what-they-think-i-want/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/rupaul-1537_complete-opposites_i-can-always-sniff-out-when-someone-is-b_2900964.png) > [Drag queens always love a portmanteau of combining words and making something new, because this whole world is shilarious. And so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/drag-queens-always-love-a-portmanteau-of-combining-words-and-making/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/rupaul-1537_combining_drag-queens-always-love-a-portmanteau-of_3134286.png) ## Other authors on Queens ## More by RuPaul > [If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/if-you-can-t-love-yourself-how-in-the-hell-you-gonna-love-somebody/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/what-makes-a-gay-icon-is-someone-who-possesses-both-masculine-and/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/for-both-men-and-women-an-eyelash-curler-is-a-must-it-gives-your-eye/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/look-at-me-a-big-old-black-man-under-all-of-this-makeup-and-if-i-can/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Don't take life too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/don-t-take-life-too-seriously/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [So many times, people are afraid to start something because of fear of failing. But it can be fabulous - because it leads you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/so-many-times-people-are-afraid-to-start-something-because-of-fear-of/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-do-not-impersonate-females-how-many-women-do-you-know-who-wear/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [La Flavour's 'Mandolay' is a disco classic - I dare you to sit still while listening to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/la-flavour-s-mandolay-is-a-disco-classic-i-dare-you-to-sit-still/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [I think in times of fear and hysteria in a culture, gender experimentation as it pertains to men has to go underground because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/i-think-in-times-of-fear-and-hysteria-in-a-culture-gender/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Don't be jealous of my boogie...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/don-t-be-jealous-of-my-boogie/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/drag-is-involved-with-changing-identities-and-not-taking-identities/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [You are not your body. You are actually an extension of the power that created the whole universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/you-are-not-your-body-you-are-actually-an-extension-of-the-power-that/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Mainstream's never appealed to me, really. I mean, I've become popular over the years in certain areas. But mainstream, you know, I would rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/mainstream-s-never-appealed-to-me-really-i-mean-i-ve-become-popular/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [Actually, it does start with you - if you want to change the world, change yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/actually-it-does-start-with-you-if-you-want-to-change-the-world/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) > [My music is a reflection of what I really love to listen to, pop, dance, mid tempo dance and ballads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/my-music-is-a-reflection-of-what-i-really-love-to-listen-to-pop-dance/) [RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/queens/rupaul/#itemlist", "name": "8 Queens Quotes By RuPaul", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "RuPaul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones-your-fellow-queens-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/rupaul-1537_fellows_the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones_629283.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/rupaul-1537_fellows_the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones_629283.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/rupaul-1537_fellows_the-greatest-truths-in-life-are-the-ones_629283.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.” — RuPaul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As gay people, we always think outside of the box. 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