Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
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If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.
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I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do what I'm doing, came into me. There's a very nice feeling that there are many, many spirits inside of me looking after me . . .
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Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE
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An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
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It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.
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Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.
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I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
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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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I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.
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Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.
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I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.
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I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
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I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.
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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.
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I won once [an Oscar]. So it can't be that racist.
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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.
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It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
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The art of acting is to be other than what you are.
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I have a production company, and we work with reality TV producers 44 Blue. They asked if we'd like to get involved. When they explained that it was the first transgender modeling agency, we said, "Yeah, of course!"
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[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.
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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
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I believe strongly that most people in this country U.S. don't want a totalitarian state...And when conservatives say, "Get the government out of my backyard," the reality is, you can't say that and put somebody in the White House who's gonna be in your business.
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Taliban-esque: Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible. They aren't even conversations. With them, it's my way or no way.
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I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.