Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style Quotes

“Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are not your skin color. You are not your gender, your politics, your career, or your marital status. You are none of the superficial things that this world deems important. The real you is the energy force that created the entire universe!”
― Rupaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.”
― Rupaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“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

“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

“The amount of respect you have for others is in direct proportion to how much respect you have for yourself.”
― 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

“remember to love yourself, because if you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen in here?”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“It’s as if our culture is addicted to fear and the flat screen is our drug dealer.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“Through my observations, it became clear that most of society’s rules and customs are rooted in fear and superstition!”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“After licking my wounds, I created new dreams. I planted more seeds. I had begun to understand that my ability to change my perception and reinvent myself was my trump card.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“Shifting my priorities from worrying about what other people think of me to fortifying myself with the truth of who I really am is how I constantly fill that void.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“Having money, power, and respect pacifies the ego only temporarily and does nothing to relieve the deeper feeling of emptiness. We’re all sold on this idea that wholeness can be bought, married into, or wished real hard for, but the more substantial definition of success requires a lot more than just worldwide recognition and acquiring things.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It! Rupaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“I had learned to transcend my skewed limitations by changing my perception. Understanding that process on an intellectual level is the beginning. Practicing it on an emotional level is success. I created new dreams”
― RuPaul, Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“My wealth would not rely on what other people assumed about me. 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

“Only now I imagine myself in the future looking back at myself as I am today. I see how smart, beautiful, and fortunate I am, and all the many options I have open to me. I bring that loving perspective into the present moment and seize all those options in the now.”
― RuPaul, Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style

“Hell, I even think a unibrow is sexy”
― RuPaul, Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style