Inspirational Quotes by RuPaul — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“Having money to me was like having a full tank of gas -- it didn't mean much if you didn't know where you were going or didn't have the curiosity to enjoy the ride....I had never felt as impoverished as the rich people I knew who had no imagination, whose capacity for fun was stunted.”

“The men who could pass for straight if they wanted had a form of privilege that people like me, people who could never pass, never would. Later, when my career had blossomed, I would cross paths with masculine white gay men who looked at me with a kind of seething hatred, a self-loathing turned outward, their internalized homophobia like a sneer of contempt.”

“So many times I've gotten a run in my hose just as I'm running out the door -- late! They've sent monkeys to the moon, why can't they invent panty hose that don't run?”

“I do not exaggerate when I say that I never went to one class while I was there. Annette Benning was going there too, and I suppose had I gone to class I might have met her, married her, and she'd be having my babies instead of Warren's!”

“Some of the most unforgettable women in the world are men, like Billy Beyond, who walks in all the Todd Oldham shows, Connie Girl for Thierry Mugler, and Lypinska for Gaultier. The point is that drag is pure glamor too.”

“We learn about how to enslave the soul and how to enslave our brothers, by buying and selling things, buying and selling each other. But we can only go to the moon so many times, we can only do so much and buy so much. My sisters would tell me when I was growing up that in the future every body in our society was going to have eight pair of shoes. The idea was the that The People In Charge are going to make it better for the other people....I realized this wasn't going to happen. The Fat Controllers are only making it better for themselves. If they have their own way they will have eight million pairs of shoes, and everyone else will have to go without.”

“The sheriff's station was on a town square so picturesque it looked like a studio backlot....I paced around wearing a pair off cutoff denim shorts, a tank top, a tiny jacket, a cowboy hat and cowboy boots...I truly could not have looked any gayer.”

“All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money.”