Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Katherine Ryan

When you stand out in a small town or at work,or in your peer group, whatever it is, it feels really awful. Certainly, when you're growing up, you want to be normal. You just want to fit in. Then you realize that maybe fitting in is, in some respects, quite ordinary. I think it's good to put a positive spin on being slightly unique.

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

Society wants happy families.

I'm not a nasty person.

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.

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

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.

I was born with the confidence of an 89-year-old man. So it's strange when people ask, 'What's it like being a female comedian?' It never occurred to me that I'd be limited as a woman - that I couldn't be a scientist, a doctor, or anything I wanted.

I guess I talk about her because I'm interested; I'm listening. Taylor Swift's words are so valuable to so many young people, not just her #GirlSquad.

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

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

I highly recommend reading the book 'Confessions Of A Video Vixen.'

When you're little, every experience writes on the canvas of who you are.

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.

How are people still working with Terry Richardson?

Racism is what acquitted O. J. Simpson.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to look and feel like a grown woman when I was young. That's one reason why it's important to hold adults who take advantage of that fully accountable.

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

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.

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.

When I talk about celebrities, it's not a dismantling of that human being.

I talk funny 'cause I come from Canada.

We don't have 'posh' in Canada. It's just not a thing that exists.

I always tried to fit in, so I was a cheerleader with the orange skin and white-blonde hair, and Hooters was part of that.

My life is so much better with lupus because I know that stress and too much junk food will literally put me in hospital.

Stand-up comedy is not a man's job. It's an alpha job: To be the only person in a room with a microphone who's allowed to talk.

I love Lena Dunham. I love, love, love her.

If you really want to wind up Piers Morgan, send him a pic of Jeremy Clarkson.

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

I've decided that I'm completely rock n' roll.

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

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.

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

Alice Levine has great unique style and beautiful red hair.

If you're struggling for gift ideas, my advice is to give experiences rather than things.

Christmas coming means one thing for comedians: office party gigs!

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.

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

Regressing back to an infant state is nothing to be proud of. Rich Americans don't drive themselves, don't cook, don't do their own nails/hair/make-up, don't shop, and I suppose all they've got in common with rich British people is that they don't raise their own kids, either.

I'm actually thrilled with the woman I'm turning out to be.

The representation of women in hip-hop has long been so flagrantly unkind.

Question everything.

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

I know a lot about systemic lupus erythematosus because I have it, too. I was diagnosed through the NHS when I first moved to England in 2008 following months of serious illness.

I have little time for sincerity.

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

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.

Why would you watch an Oscar-nominated film unless you're mad enough to purposely experience feelings? Bleh. I'm not interested in catching those.

Skiing is ridiculous.

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.

Many of us are quite stupid.

I'm nearly see-through. Like a jellyfish.

I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.

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

I am behind Kanye West for American President 100 per cent.

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

Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.

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

I love Little Mix, and I always have.

Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.