Iconic RuPaul's Drag Race Quotes You Need To Know
"'Go back to Party City where you belong!'"
"'Let me ask you a very fair question: what do you do successfully? Quickly.' It's such a read: can you tell me what you can actually do because I can't tell, girl."
"'Sorry I'm late. I didn't want to come.'"
"'I love long walks on the beach, big d*ck, and fried chicken.'"
"'What is going on up in here on this day?'"
"'Where did you get a loaf of bread?'"
"'Miss Royale, politics can get so ugly. Can you give us an example of a time when you made peace with someone you didn't see eye-to-eye with?'
"'Well guess what Mimi?' is something I say every single day"
"'They got me gal.'"
"'Charisma. Uniqueness. Nerve. Talent. What do these things have in common? I don't know. I'm not a scientist.'"
"'After a long night of hooking…'"
"'I don't see you walking children in nature.'"
"*tongue pop*"
"'I don't know what the fuck she's saying but girl I am living!' – Trinity"
"'Good god get a grip girl.'"
"'The cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity, and the gumption.' –Tayce"
"Favorite of ALL time... that's hard. I think, 'The only thing you're f*cking...is stupid' is up there only because it was my first time hearing that format of a one-liner."
"'Not BenDeLa Christ.'"
"'You're that girl I knew you were.'"
"'Red wig and a silver dress? I don't think.'"
"'Was your barbecue canceled? Because your grill is f*cked!'"
"'Roople is it?'"
"I randomly say this to myself several times throughout the day and it never fails to make me burst into giggles: 'COME ON TELLETUBBY, TELEPORT US TO MARS!!!'"
"'You know what's ugly? Poverty.'"
"'Well, fuck my drag right?'"
"'I was feeling my GOATS.'"
"'Back rolls?????'"
"Recency bias, but 'You can pray but don't block mommy's camera' made me do an actual spit take."
"'And, b*tch, I'm from Chicago.'"
"'Why are you such a c*nt?'"
"'I think it's converse. Just say talk.'"
"'Black stockings-white shoes-shouldn't be allowed in the Churrrrch.'"
And finally, "'Cue the sniper!'"
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