“We had a very Tom and Jerry relationship, me and my mom. She was the strict disciplinarian; I was naughty as shit.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I go - I trace depression back to things. So I go, ok, I look back and I say my self-esteem was… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“I’ll never forget the first time I went to a fancy restaurant as a grown man and someone told me, “You have… — 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
A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And,… — 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
When you hear somebody speaking in an accent, it's almost like they're invading your language while they're speaking to you because if… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Can we help you?” “Nope.” “Do you need a tow?” And what do you say? The truth? “Thanks, but we’re just so… — Trevor Noah Truth 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,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think we need to get rid of is improving our minds and our mental health. You know, when when you suffer… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t understand at the time was that the other kids genuinely had no clue what a white person was. Black… — Trevor Noah Time 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
“Soweto was designed to be bombed—that’s how forward-thinking the architects of apartheid were. The township was a city unto itself, with a… — Trevor Noah Air force Copy Share Image
“Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you… — Trevor Noah Language 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 grew up in a world where authority was female. I never thought to call myself a feminist because of branding. I… — Trevor Noah Authority Copy Share Image
“If you think too much about the ass-kicking your mom gave you, or the ass-kicking that life gave you, you’ll stop pushing… — Trevor Noah Breaking the rules Copy Share Image
Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the… — Trevor Noah African culture Copy Share Image
Our go-to source is no longer dictated by a small group of cable news outlets. We have to expand our view. Sometimes,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate… — Trevor Noah Hate Copy Share Image
When I was learning how to box, that was the number one thing my trainer taught me. He said you can't get… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I… — Trevor Noah Nonfiction Copy Share Image
“They were like, “Trevor, you have to ask her. You’re the only two. It’s your responsibility.” It was like our species was… — Trevor Noah Life Copy Share Image
“We were in a shop once, and the shopkeeper, right in front of us, turned to his security guard and said, in… — Trevor Noah Cybersecurity Copy Share Image