Top 55 Katherine Ryan Quotes

I’m a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what’s passable and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t believe that I cross it.

When I talk about celebrities, I don’t dislike them – it’s what they represent.

You think Trump cares if you leave? He wants power, not prosperity.

I don’t know that I’d be a comedian if I stayed in Canada.

I love paying people to touch me. Nail techs, hair stylists, dermatologists, make-up artists, osteopaths: you name it, I love it.

I’m proud to be Canadian. But I identify as being a British mum.

We don’t have glamour models in Canada at all.

Part of me has always wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe or any Fifties Hollywood starlet. On screen, they seemed so sexy and simple and looked after. In real life, I’m none of those things. But I’d rather be fierce and complicated.

I don’t think I spoke to anyone apart from my daughter for the first two years of her life.

I wasn’t properly performing in Canada. I was just starting out, and when everyone starts out, they’re terrible. I’m sure there are some Kellyanne Conway videos of me just really dying on a stage.

I am an undisputed gangster. To me, that means playing by my own rules.

You’ll never make a success of yourself when you’re doing an impersonation of somebody else.

I’ve always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that’s where progress comes from.

I feel like I’m always on the right side of wrong and trying to shout out for the underdog.

The holidays are the worst time to travel, and ISIS aren’t making things any easier.

Anything that I’m passionate about and surprises me usually ends up turning into a joke simply because I have questions about it and I’m curious and I want to talk about it.

I had white hair when I was 19. I think bleach can be addictive, and before long, you’ve gone too far with it and can’t tell you’ve got a problem. It was over-processed and genuinely crispy, but I thought I looked amazing.

I don’t worry about whether or not people like me.

I have huge admiration for Taylor Swift. She’s tall, talented, young, thin, and beautiful. More importantly, she seems focused, generous, vulnerable, and kind.

If I ever move back to Canada, it’ll be because I’m terminally ill.

People who like my stuff and know what my agenda is have never mistaken me for being racist or poking fun at the wrong thing.

I talk funny ’cause I come from Canada.

I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.

If I’ve got a confidence problem, it’s that my self-esteem is entirely too high.

I’m not interested in younger men for the same reason most women aren’t interested in younger men; I don’t have time to make an extra packed lunch every morning. Please. I’m busy enough already.

Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.

I didn’t really realise that I was going to have more obstacles because I was a woman. It was never something that I thought about.

All I’ve ever wanted to be is a strong, powerful, beautiful black woman.

I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy – in addition to being caustic – it’s quite literary over here, and alternative comedy isn’t so alternative.

I’m a single mother. It’s silly to turn down work.

I started doing little amateur nights at the comedy club that was right next to the restaurant that I waitressed in when I was in university. I was probably 22 years old. I didn’t do it with any intention of making a career out of it; I had just always valued comedy.

Racism is what acquitted O. J. Simpson.

How are people still working with Terry Richardson?

Question everything.

I think commitment is inextricably linked with success, and rightly or wrongly, people with a fierce commitment to their goals – the Kanyes of this world – are really entertaining.

I thank God every day that there was no YouTube or Twitter when I was a teenager. I would have had a channel, and it would have been mortifying.

My dad’s Irish, so I was visiting Ireland a lot as a kid, so it’s not totally foreign to me.

I have little time for sincerity.

Jeremy Corbyn confuses the public because he looks like a librarian and enjoys baking bread.

Growing up, I loved comedy even before I knew that you could be a stand-up comedian.

I love Britain. I’m an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I’m a British comedian, really. My entire career has been over here.

I’m very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.

I was really lucky to have been raised in this really powerful matriarchy where my dad was around, but I was with my mom and my grandma most of the time. They were heavy influences on me. My mother has a career in technology; my grandma sold real estate.

I’m not a Rachel Dolezal. I don’t fake tan; I don’t have the cornrows, I don’t misappropriate. I just want to be Beyonce.

I wanted to be liked when I was younger, which I think a lot of us do; I’m not ashamed to say it. I was a product of my environment, a product of my culture.

I was certainly not a class clown; I confused and angered a lot of people with my sense of humor.

Skiing is ridiculous.

The Kardashian family have earned their place as an American dynasty.

I’d never say something that I didn’t feel I could defend.

The more you mess with texture and colour, the worse your hair is going to feel.

It’s not my place to tell anyone what kind of feminist she should be.

Justin Bieber is a lovely chap.

The beautiful thing about comedy in the U.K. is that it has a clever twist to it, and when you really break it down, the joke isn’t filthy at all: it’s clever.

When I think about women of color and their place politically in the world and culture… they’ve had two layers of just garbage to overcome. To me, a black woman is a woman-woman.

Growing up in Canada, I dated a few ice hockey players.