“In American, the history of racism is taught like this: 'There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there… — Trevor Noah Biography Copy Share Image
When I wrote the book, I thought that I was the hero of my story. And in writing it, I came to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is… — Trevor Noah America Copy Share Image
“Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” was the chant they would rally to during the freedom struggle. “When you strike a woman, you strike a rock.”… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“He has no education. He has no skills. He doesn't know what to do, where to be. The world has been taught… — Trevor Noah Biography 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 Character Copy Share Image
I think when you look at religion, you look at where Christianity came from. You know, my mom delved deeper into that.… — Trevor Noah Catholic 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.… — Trevor Noah Brain Copy Share Image
“The hood made me realize that crime succeeds because crime does the one thing the government doesn’t do: crime cares. Crime is… — Trevor Noah Crime Copy Share Image
Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927].… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. You will face… — Trevor Noah Black culture Copy Share Image
One day as a young man, I was walking down the streets. And a group of Zulu guys was walking behind me… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life I had money, and it was the most liberating thing in the world. The first… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I often feel like the woman in your life is your driving force. She's your muse. She plays a big role in… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father… — Trevor Noah Apartheid Copy Share Image
“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of… — Trevor Noah Biography Copy Share Image
I don't think I, myself, am personally afraid. I do worry for the press, though, because Donald Trump has shown himself to… — 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… — Trevor Noah Language 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
“Because racism exists, and you have to pick a side. You can say that you don’t pick sides, but eventually life will… — Trevor Noah Life Copy Share Image
Even now in America, you know, when people say they hate immigrants, they're not referring to a Canadian immigrant. You know, they're… — Trevor Noah Accents Copy Share Image
We all do that as human beings, you know? It's what my mom would call shopping on an empty stomach. You're going… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I always say to people, you know - someone goes, oh, well, what are you going to do about terrorist attacks and… — Trevor Noah Fear 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
“If you add up how much you read in a year on the Internet—tweets, Facebook posts, lists—you’ve read the equivalent of a… — Trevor Noah Books Copy Share Image
I think it's despicable. I also think it's frightening that we seem to live through history over and over again. And I… — Trevor Noah Book Copy Share Image
I think all of us should seek help, and not help is in a - you know, help shouldn't be seen as… — Trevor Noah Frightening Copy Share Image
I do feel like I have a sense of the times. A lot of the things America is experiencing now, I feel… — Trevor Noah America Copy Share Image
“he way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love… — Trevor Noah Equality Copy Share Image
[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me… — Trevor Noah Bible Copy Share Image
“We live in a world where we don’t see the ramifications of what we do to others, because we don’t live with… — Trevor Noah First place 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 Africa Copy Share Image
I've just come to realize I'm going to share my point of view. Some people won't like me for it. Some people… — Trevor Noah America 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
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
“They were ready to do me violent harm, until they felt we were part of the same tribe, and then we were… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“look back on it, that’s what hustling was. It’s maximal effort put into minimal gain. It’s a hamster wheel. If I’d put… — Trevor Noah Hamster wheel Copy Share Image
“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of… — Trevor Noah Family Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a lonely kid—I was good at being alone. I’d read books, play with the toy that I had, make up… — Trevor Noah Books Copy Share Image
![“Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927]. My mother was part of that group. My father was part of that group. People who were black and whites and Indian and Asian - and you came together and said, we choose to mix at…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/trevor-noah-1603_arrested_those-were-the-places-where-many-people_2125606.jpg)
![“[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me - where does this Bible come from? What does this Old Testament speak - who are the Israelites? Who - what is Judaism? And then she went, and I'm going to study that. And, you know, she…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/trevor-noah-1603_bible_my-mother-went-ok-i-ve-read-the-bible-i_2745535.jpg)
![“America is the one place in the world where I just innately understood [that] South Africa and the United States of America have a very similar history. It's different timelines, but the directions we've taken and the consequences - dealing with the aftermath of what we consider to be democracy…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/trevor-noah-1603_aftermath_america-is-the-one-place-in-the-world-wh_621125.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/i/2b0/trevor-noah-1603_causes_i-was-like-wow-this-guy-s-donald-trump-g_1696351.jpg)
