I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in… — 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… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know -… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I grew up in a world where authority was female. I never thought to call myself a feminist because of branding. I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
America is the one place in the world where I just innately understood [that] South Africa and the United States of America… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
In my world, a woman was the most powerful thing that I knew. Still is. A woman made the money in my… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I'm coming from a place where I have seen a different way to handle it, or a slightly different way to go… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
[My mother] wanted to go as deep as possible into the world of religion. And that took her into Judaism. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I'm not a political progressive, but I consider myself a progressive person. What makes me a progressive, in my opinion, is the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
[My mother ] will write me an email, and it'll be Shanah Tovah. And the next day it'll be something else, Baruch… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world. — 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
I lived in a world where I didn't share the love for my stepfather that my mother shared for him. She married… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a comedic voice you're talking… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Traveling the world I've learned that progressives, regardless of their locations, think in a global space. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world. — 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