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If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most. — Trevor Noah

Most of my show is true; like, 90% of everything I say on stage is true. I just have to find the way to make it funny - that's the difficult thing. — Trevor Noah

My mom did what school didn't. She taught me how to think. — Trevor Noah

If you laugh with somebody, then you know you share something. — Trevor Noah

People don't want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money. With — Trevor Noah

Black people's dogs don't play fetch; you don't throw anything to a black person's dog unless it's food. So — Trevor Noah

A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It's like a bicycle but with emotions. — Trevor Noah

There's news that happens in different spheres and can be made just as funny, but it's not necessarily in the normal news medium. — Trevor Noah

I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don't really need a distinction between them. — Trevor Noah

I was the first in my family to board an airplane. I was the first in my family to get kicked off an airplane. — Trevor Noah

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord. — Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa. — Trevor Noah

My own family basically did what the American justice system does: I was given more lenient treatment than the black kids. — Trevor Noah

I would beat you, but Jesus has already exposed your lies. — Trevor Noah

America was a thing I saw on TV - that wasn't a real world. That wasn't within my realm of dreaming. — Trevor Noah

There's probably a goat hanging around - there's always a goat. — Trevor Noah

In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American context. — Trevor Noah

Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that awards them all the perks. I — Trevor Noah

That's who I was. Always an outsider. As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or — Trevor Noah

That's when I realized the police were not who I thought they were. They were men first, police second. — Trevor Noah

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them. — Trevor Noah

In America the dream is to make it out of the ghetto. In Soweto, because there was no leaving the ghetto, the dream was to transform the ghetto. — Trevor Noah

My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail. — Trevor Noah

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

I want my audience to be my friends - that is when they will get the best comedy. If they see me as a performer, they won't get the best show. — Trevor Noah

By making the choice to leave, you're insulting the place that raised you, and made you, and never turned you away. And that place fights you back. — Trevor Noah

And cats are dicks for the most part. — Trevor Noah

Catholic school is similar to apartheid in that it's ruthlessly authoritarian, and its authority rests on a bunch of rules that don't make any sense. — Trevor Noah

In America, there is no racial segregation. I'm not sure I'm quite familiar with this phrase. — Trevor Noah

Revenge truly is sweet. It takes you to a dark place, but, man, it satisfies a thirst. Then — Trevor Noah

It didn't matter that there was a war on our doorstep. She had things to do, places to be. — Trevor Noah

Africa's not a color - it's a place. — Trevor Noah

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 feel. — Trevor Noah

Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world. — Trevor Noah

I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass. — Trevor Noah

I've never been afraid to fall in love, nor impatient to find it. — Trevor Noah

it is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider. — Trevor Noah

- a knowledgeable man is a free man, or at least a man who longs for freedom. — Trevor Noah

I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world. — Trevor Noah

I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by myself. — Trevor Noah

Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people. — Trevor Noah

I'm not a big Hollywood guy. I don't know how the machine works. I leave that to people better than myself. — Trevor Noah

That, and so many other smaller incidents in my life, made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people. I — Trevor Noah

Often, people who can do, don't because they're afraid of what people that can't do will say about them doing. — Trevor Noah

Nobody owns comedy. Nobody owns a premise. Nobody owns an idea. — Trevor Noah

Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling. — Trevor Noah

You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad. Where you either hate them or love them. But that's not how people are. — Trevor Noah

Don't fight the system, mock the system — Trevor Noah

We live in the Internet age. Everyone wants clicks. Clicks are what sells. — Trevor Noah

I don't think I have thick skin, but I heal fast. It's easy to break through, but I heal fast. — Trevor Noah

When I first started doing comedy, there was no such thing as a room that had black people and white people in it. That didn't exist. — Trevor Noah