Whoopi Goldberg Quotes
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If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.'
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I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
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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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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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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.
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Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE
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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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Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.
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When I was a kid they didn't call it dyslexia. They called it you know, you were slow, or you were retarded, or whatever. What you can never change is the effect that the words 'dumb' and 'stupid' have on young people. I knew I wasn't stupid, and I knew I wasn't dumb. My mother told me that. If you read to me, I could tell you everything that you read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?
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I dig being a mother.
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I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.
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[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.
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If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.
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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.
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I don't really view communism as a bad thing.
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[The original Sister Act] is running all over the world now, on-stage as a musical. It lives!
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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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Sometimes experience trumps assumption.
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Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of years?
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Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.
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When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.
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Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
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You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.