When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When Donald Trump won the election because when I came into the show, I said, I think this guy can win. This… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think it does because if you think of where "The Daily Show" was when I inherited it from Jon Stewart, I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I was like, wow, this guy's [Donald Trump ] going to do well. And I remember people laughed at me. People were… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The police [in South Africa] would check in on you randomly. And they would come into the house, and they would look… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think any show has the potential to bring about social change. I do not think any one show in isolation can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
It was just how my parents treated me. It was the world they decided to show me. I was really sheltered. My… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“My family had been denied the things his family had taken for granted. I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. A kid cannot… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
It's very rare to find a place where news itself has a political bent. Normally, let's say in the U.K. for instance, newspapers might… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost every single… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
If the police believed that they were planning any form of resistance against the state, then you were just gone. Nobody knew where you… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“I remember the thing that caused the trauma, but I don't hold on to the trauma. I never let the memory of something painful… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says “We’re the same.” A… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
![“They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a Chinese accent. I'm doing my friend's accent. And they said, yeah, you can't do that. And I said, OK, but can I do a Russian accent? And they said, yeah, yeah, of course, you can do that. I said, and…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/037/trevor-noah-1603_accents_they-said-on-a-day-show-oh-you-can-t-do_1030437.jpg)
![“I was like, wow, this guy's [Donald Trump ] going to do well. And I remember people laughed at me. People were like, oh, you silly ignorant person who's just come to this world. You clearly shouldn't be at "The Daily Show" 'cause you don't know what you're talking about. And I was like, but I…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b0/trevor-noah-1603_causes_i-was-like-wow-this-guy-s-donald-trump-g_1696351.jpg)
![“The police [in South Africa] would check in on you randomly. And they would come into the house, and they would look through that registry and look at all the names of all the people who were registered to be living in the house. And they would, you know, cross-reference that with the actual…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/56c/trevor-noah-1603_checks_the-police-in-south-africa-would-check-i_2300959.jpg)
![“I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South Africa at the time was a very matriarchal society because so many black men had been removed from the home.” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8e/trevor-noah-1603_along-for-the-ride_i-was-lucky-to-come-along-for-the-ride-m_156584.jpg)
