Quotes by Trevor Noah

“I dont regret anything Ive ever done in life, any choice that Ive made. But Im consumed with regret for the things I didnt do, the choices I didnt make, the things I didnt say. We spend so much tim...”

“he way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. Hes attracted to independent women. Hes like an exotic ...”

“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”

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

“The hood is also a low-stress, comfortable life. All your mental energy goes into getting by, so you dont have to ask yourself any of the big questions. Who am I? Who am I supposed to be? Am I doin...”

“Relationships are built in the silences.”

“A man is not determined by how much he earns. You can still be the man of the house and earn less than your woman. Being a man is not what you have , it's who you are. Being more of a man doesn't m...”

“Learn from your past and be better because of your past, but don't cry about your past. Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you, but don't hold on to it. Don't be bitter.”

“I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so m...”

“When you make the effort to speak someone elses language, even if its just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond...”

“Nelson Mandela once said, 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.' He was so right. When you make the ...”

“I became a chameleon. My color didn't change, but I could change your perception of my color. If you spoke Zulu, I replied to you in Zulu. If you spoke to me in Tswana, I replied to you in Tswana. ...”

“That was my mom. Don't fight the system. Mock the system.”

“you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. Its a strange feeling. You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad, where you either hate t...”

“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.”

“One day youre going to get arrested, and when you do, dont call me. Ill tell the police to lock you up just to teach you a lesson. Because there were some black parents whod actually do that, not p...”

“But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”

“In society, we do horrible things to one another because we dont see the person it affects. We dont see their face. We dont see them as people.”

“Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. You will face more hate and ridicule and ostracism than you can even begin to fathom. P...”

“The dogs left with us and we walked. I sobbed the whole way home, still heartbroken. My mom had no time for my whining.Why are you crying?!Because Fufi loves another boy.So? Why would that hurt you...”