Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
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I fear waking up one morning and finding out my life was all for nothing. We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. When you're kind to someone in trouble, you hope they remember and are kind to someone else and so on. Soon it will be like a wildfire.
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When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.
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We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
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If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?
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We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.
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I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.
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I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
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Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
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Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.
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Really, darling, it's a no-brainer. You know, I understand not everybody is for gay marriage. But if you're not for gay marriage, don't marry a gay person. That's what I say
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I dig being a mother.
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I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
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I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.
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I'm as American as Chevrolet.
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There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.
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Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.
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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
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Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?
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When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
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In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.
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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.
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If you had women running the weed market, I think there'd be lots of different products. I know periods. I know how horrible they are, and I know enough people who suffer from them that I really want to speak to them so they can carry something in their pocketbook for relief. Or come home, get in a tub, and soak with something that will actually work.
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Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.