Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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I think people are a little bit intimidated by me. You know, I'm not exactly a wilting flower, so I think they're a little bit scared of me sometimes.
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For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.
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People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them.
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I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have.
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Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. Oh, dear Lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete.
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I'll take on somebody if they're offending the entire culture, not just offending me.
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A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.
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... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.
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My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.
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When I was really little, I was skinny and people laughed at me for being skinny, so, we all pay our dues for the bodies we're in one way or another. But thank god I haven't needed to alter it to feel good about myself.
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The fumes are killing us, and we wonder why things are going haywire.
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I think Bush is amateurish and self-serving, and frankly, it's disgusting.
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On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.
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I am always hoping to do another CD. This atmosphere has been difficult.
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I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
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From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.
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I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.
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I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
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It's depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material.
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At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.
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You don't need to be famous to live a life as an artist.
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Gayness is a non-issue.
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People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed.
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I believe in people living their lives and having privacy.