Barbra Streisand > Quotes

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?”
― Barbra Streisand

“I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want valenties and cupids and all of that crap. I WANT IT ALL”
― Barbra Streisand

“. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.”
― Barbra Streisand

“I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?”
― Barbra Streisand

“Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.”
― Barbara Streisand

“Life's too short. Start with Dessert!”
― Barbra Streisand

“Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth.”
― Barbara Streisand

“I tell you what I envy about people in love - I'd love it if someone knew me I mean really knew me. What I like what I'm afraid of what kind of toothpaste I use." - Rose Morgan”
― Barbra Streisand

“I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.”
― Barbra Streisand

“You've got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.”
― Barbra Streisand

“I'm not weird, just different from people who aren't different.”
― Barbra Streisand

“Education is the enemy of bigotry and hate. It’s hard to hate someone you truly understand.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“Most of us have experienced some type of pain in our childhood. But if you keep on blaming your parents or whomever, you remain a victim.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.”
― Barbra Streisand

“So, here’s to life, to dreamers and their dreams . . . I wish you love, and many, many happy days.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“There are moments in childhood that are so important to who you are going to become. They mold your life forever.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist—a woman’s a pain in the ass. He’s assertive—she’s aggressive. He strategizes—she manipulates. He shows leadership—she’s controlling. He’s committed—she’s obsessed. He’s persevering—she’s relentless. He sticks to his guns—she’s stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult and impossible. If he acts, produces, and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“I have a lot of opinions, and I say what I think . . . and sometimes that gets me into a lot of trouble.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“Let go of your need to understand.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“to this day I desperately want people to keep their word. It is so important to do something you say you’re going to do.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“I won't leave forks in the dish rack overnight because I believe that the tines attract demonic energy.”
― Barbra Streisand

“How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not
necessary to safeguard us from discrimination”
― Barbra Streisand, Barbra Streisand: Music of the Stars Volume 9

“Virginia was like a rubber ball. The harder life put her down, the higher she bounced.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“my own strength and sexuality, or at least not”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“moment of commitment, the entire universe conspires to assist you.” And I had committed to giving this singing thing a try.”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“You don't keep a dog and bark yourself.”
― Barbra Streisand

“Imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we appreciate each other's differences; one in which we are all equal but definitely not the same.”
― Barbra Streisand

“H. L. Mencken, who said in 1920: “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire”
― Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

“You know me - the Version Queen”
― Barbra Streisand