Top 140 Queen Latifah Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.”

— Queen Latifah

52. “Having a belief in God, being able to find joy, despite your circumstances or put yourself outside of yourself, and stop looking inwards and look outwards a little bit really helps to carry through tough times. Giving makes you feel better.”

— Queen Latifah

53. “The movie I’ve seen a million times is ‘Steel Magnolias,’ directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.”

— Queen Latifah

54. “There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don’t forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I’m not allowed to get a big head; I’ve still got to do the simple things in life.”

— Queen Latifah

55. “Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!”

— Queen Latifah

56. “I don’t have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, ‘You’re going to be fine. It ain’t that serious!’”

— Queen Latifah

57. “There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn’t until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.”

— Queen Latifah

58. “There’s no way I can represent for everyone. I can’t represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It’s important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can’t take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.”

— Queen Latifah

59. “I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that’s why I became involved in management, bottom line.”

— Queen Latifah

60. “It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free.”

— Queen Latifah

61. “My mother wouldn’t allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was ‘Yo’ and ‘That’s the joint’ and ‘Yo, what’s up?’ So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.”

— Queen Latifah

62. “As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.”

— Queen Latifah

63. “My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, ‘Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don’t put everything in one basket,’ but she let me explore and be creative.”

— Queen Latifah

64. “New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.”

— Queen Latifah

65. “I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I’m living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.”

— Queen Latifah

66. “If I ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, I’d just tell her to live, full out. I might also tell her to go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it.”

— Queen Latifah

67. “My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.”

— Queen Latifah

68. “I love music. I’ve just been putting studios together, here and at my house in New Jersey and so I can always make music and express my ideas and work with people to fine tune them to where they need to be.”

— Queen Latifah

69. “My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It’s really peaceful.”

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70. “I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.”

— Queen Latifah

71. “I’d say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.”

— Queen Latifah

72. “Bowling, I like bowling. I’ve been getting into this bowling thing. It’s kinda fun.”

— Queen Latifah

73. “If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.”

— Queen Latifah

74. “I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid – I would talk to God, talk to the sky.”

— Queen Latifah

75. “When I’m wearing too-high heels and swaying my hips, I do that Sharon Stone kind of thing – she has the sexiest walk, a New York cool thing that throws you back.”

— Queen Latifah

76. “Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.”

— Queen Latifah

77. “I’m as involved as I can be. Whenever I’m asked to do something, I always tend to show up.”

— Queen Latifah

78. “I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.”

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79. “I totally want, like, 18 babies.”

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80. “I would like – either as an actor, or producer or even director – to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ and all that stuff.”

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81. “I never really took any acting classes. I’m just a natural ham, I guess.”

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82. “Running for office was definitely something I’ve thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I’ve been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?”

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83. “I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too.”

— Queen Latifah

84. “I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style.”

— Queen Latifah

85. “Sometimes when I am in a situation that I have never been in, I kind of pull back a little bit to observe things; it doesn’t really last long though I have to. I’ve resigned to myself to the fact that I have to be me.”

— Queen Latifah

86. “I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that’s the look.”

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87. “I want to have and adopt. I always have; ever since I was 18, I wanted a baby, and I wanted to have and adopt because there are a lot of kids. I want to adopt an American baby though, you know what I mean, no offense. Just because there are so many kids here that need our help.”

— Queen Latifah

88. “Yeah, I’m from Jersey; it’s almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.”

— Queen Latifah

89. “I feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.”

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90. “I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.”

— Queen Latifah

91. “Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids – we really run the gamut.”

— Queen Latifah

92. “Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way more of a joker than I am a serious person.”

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93. “Don’t you want to know what’s real and what’s not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it’s almost like, what’s real and what’s not?”

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94. “To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.”

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95. “Fear can be good when you’re walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it’s not good when you have a goal and you’re fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.”

— Queen Latifah

96. “You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.”

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97. “I don’t have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields.”

— Queen Latifah

98. “It’s not always easy to do the right thing. But doing the right thing makes you strong; it builds character; it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions.”

— Queen Latifah

99. “Even if you don’t have anything, even if you’ve got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.”

— Queen Latifah

100. “I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the ’80s. When it’s that close to you, you can’t really deny it, and you can’t run from it.”

— Queen Latifah