Rupaul Quotes

“Be very careful of what you allow to infiltrate your consciousness and subconsciousness. When you watch too much television, you'll start to feel inferior from all the commercials hard selling the idea that you're not complete unless you buy their product [...] The ad agencies appeal to your fear of not being wanted or loved. It's the same with the local news. They get you to stay tuned with a constant stream of fear tactics [...] It's as if our culture is addicted to fear and the flat screen is our drug dealer. Don't allow that crap into your head!”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“My attitude toward friendship has remained the same. I will support and encourage you with all the love in my heart, but if it's not reciprocal, I gotta go [...] If your friends are bitter about your success to the extent that they act out, don't expect them to change [...] Move on.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“True wealth is having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. True wealth is having the knowledge to maneuver and navigate the mental obstacles that inhibit your ability to soar.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a sarcastic spoof on culture, which allows us to laugh at ourselves - but in a way that is inclusive of everyone.”
― RuPaul

“I change clothes at least three times a day. It's the only way I can justify all the shopping I do. Prada to the grocery store? Yes! Gucci to the dry cleaner's? Why not? Dolce & Gabbana to the corner deli? I insist!”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“I'm six foot four - hello. And with hair, heels, and attitude... I'm through the mother-freakin' roof!”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“I realize that no one has been crueler to me than I have been to myself. The most dangerous place on earth is inside my head.”
― RuPaul, GuRu

“Happiness is wanting what you already have.”
― RuPaul, GuRu

“Being booed off stage is just an applause from ghosts!”
― Sharon Needles

“To this day it cracks me up to think that my debut on national British television as a reporter ends with me turning a trick.”
― RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography

“On Atheism – If people continue to think of atheism as a kind of religion, then I demand all the perks that real religions get. I want to build big empty buildings where like-minded people can gather once a week to debate a non-existent deity. I want tax-exempt status. I want real food, not cheap wine and crackers. I want a rocking band. I want altar men! Not altar boys—altar MEN—and I want them to look like the chain-clad guy who hands an envelope to RuPaul at the beginning of “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar”.”
― Marsha Hinds

“On Atheism – If people continue to think of atheism as a kind of religion, then I demand all the perks that real religions get. I want to build big empty buildings where like-minded people can gather once a week to debate a non-existent deity. I want tax-exempt status. I want real food, not cheap wine and crackers. I want a rocking band. I want altar men! Not altar boys—altar MEN—and I want them to look like the chain-clad guy who hands an envelope to RuPaul at the beginning of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.”
― Marsha Hinds

“I think Ru [Paul] gave me the best advice when he said to talk into a recorder and transcribe it. That is what worked for me. I just talked. Out of the talking I listened to it found what was cohesive. It all came together.”
― Michelle Visage