Can We Get An Amen Up In Here For These Iconic 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Quotes

With 12 seasons of truly iconic television under its sequin belt, RuPaul’s Drag Race has no doubt achieved must-see-TV status years ago. With a devoted following, celebrity cameos, and a truly memorable cast, the drag competition show has brought LGBTQ+ and drag culture to the mainstream, all while subverting prejudices and cleaning up those Emmy wins along the way. It also doesn’t hurt the ratings that the show’s host, RuPaul — along with a revolving cast of contestants — is responsible for some of the funniest, saltiest, most unforgettable quotes, one-liners, and comebacks ever uttered on TV.

The lines are memorable, bold, and fierce but thankfully they can also be used in every day life. That’s right, be an icon at the gym, at work, and on the subway with the snap of your fingers, sashay of the hips, and one of these fire lines ready to go. So whether you’re looking for a good comeback or your next Instagram caption, let these memorable Drag Race quotes sashay away and straight into your heart.

1. “Impersonating Beyoncè is not your destiny, child.” –RuPaul
2. “Check your lipstick before you come for me.” –Naomi Smalls
3. “It looks like she went into Claire’s Boutique, fell on a sale rack and said, ‘I’ll take it!'” –Bianca Del Rio
4. “I’m a Jewish Barbie on bath salts.” –Miz Cracker
5. “She was the one backstabbing me behind my back.” –Alyssa Edwards
6. “I’m Monét X Change and you better get your currency in check, bitch.” –Monet X Change
7. “I feel sexy in anything, even a bodybag.” –Sharon Needles
8. “I tend to think that emotions are for ugly people.” –Willam
9. “She looks fuckin’ bomb dot com dot org dot co dot uk.” –Adore Delano
10. “By the power vested in me…by me…” –RuPaul
11. “You are so full of shit, the toilet’s jealous.” –Jinkx Monsoon
12. “Don’t get bitter, just get better.” –Alyssa Edwards
13. “Choices.” –Tatiana
14. “The shade of it all.” –Latrice Royale
15. “Miss Vanjie…. Miss… Vaaaaanjie… Miss Vaaaaaaaaaaaaanjiiiiiiie.” –Vanessa Vanjie

1. “Don’t worry, if drag doesn’t work out, you will always have something to fall back on: your backrolls.” –Alaska Thunderfuck
2. “Not today, Satan. Not today.” –Bianca Del Rio
3. “Go back to Party City, where you belong!” –Phi Phi O’Hara
4. “You were that girl I knew you were.” –Alyssa Edwards
5. “Your tone seems very pointed right now.” –Willam
6. “This is not ‘RuPaul’s Best Friends Race.'” –Lashauwn Beyond
7. “I have a master’s degree in fierce.” –Raja
8. “Michelle (Visage) is so Jersey, her idea of classical music is Lisa Lisa.” –Sasha Velour
9. “Everyone’s got slightly wonky tits, kids, it’s a fact of life.” – Divina De Campo
10. “I don’t have a sugar daddy. I’ve never had a sugar daddy. If I wanted a sugar daddy, yes, I could probably go out and get one because I am what? Sickening! You could never have a sugar daddy because you are not that kind of girl.” –Shangela
11. “You can’t spell ‘legendary’ without… ‘leg’!” –Naomi Smalls
12. “The only ‘vers’ I am is Versace.” –Aquaria
13. “I live in Harlem, so people call me by name all the time.” –Miz Cracker
14. “Katya, where’d you get your outfits, girl, American Apparently Not?” –Trixie Mattel
15. “All tea, no collusion.” –The Vivienne
16. “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gon’ love somebody else?” –RuPaul
17. “I’m Roxxy Andrews and I’m here to make it clear, I know you love me baby, that’s why you brought me here…” – Roxxy Andrews
18. “Two pieces and a biscuit.” – Mystique
19. “Facts are facts, America.” – Monique Heart
20. “Is there something on my face?” – Pearl

1. “You’re perfect, you’re beautiful, you look like Eva Evangelista, you’re a model…” – Aja
2. “Water off a Duck’s Back”- Jinkx Monsoon
3. “Look How Orange You Look, Girl!”- Alyssa Edwards
4. “She Already Done Had Herses”- RuPaul
5. “I Feel Very Attacked Right Now!”- Laganja Estranga
6. “Because I am what? Sickening!” — Shangela
7. “No T, no shade, no pink lemonade.” — Jasmine Masters
8. “You better get it Hannibal Lecter! Are you wearing that down the runway?”
9. “My outfit was a MILF slash cougar who is sort of waiting poolside for the pool boy to come clean it up.” — Raja
10. “I feel like you’re being sabotaged by your inner saboteur.” — RuPaul
11. “Act a fool girl. Act a fool.” — Alexis Mateo
12. “It’s stupid because you bought your titties too.” — Alexis Mateo
13. “Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, or something like the truth, so help you Jon Bon Jovi?” — Michelle Visage
14. “I push up my boobs for Jesus.” – Michelle Visage
15. “Ain’t nobody got time for that.” — RuPaul

1. “All tea all shade, hunties.” — RuPaul
2. “I feel like you’re being sabotaged by your inner saboteur.” — RuPaul
3. “That is the key to navigating this life—don’t take it too seriously. That’s when the party begins.” — RuPaul
4. “It’s very easy to look at the world and think, this is all so cruel and so mean. It’s important to not become bitter from it.” — RuPaul
5. “Good luck and don’t fuck it up.” — RuPaul
6. “That was a choice.” — Tatiana
7. “I don’t get cute, I get drop-dead gorgeous.” — Alyssa Edwards
8. “I could never be a Kardashian because I have talent.” — Meatiest Tuck
9. “And I don’t see you out there walking children in nature.” — Tammie Brown
10. “I like to be the mysterious, dark, ice queen.” — Raven
11. “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” — RuPaul
12. “When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do.” — RuPaul