Whoopi Goldberg Quotes

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  • I'm as American as Chevrolet.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

    Done   Vote   Shame  
  • Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE

  • Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.

    "Whoopi Goldberg Is the Fashion Week Muse We Need". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. September 12, 2016.
  • Most women do not have [abortions] with some sort of party going on. It is the hardest decision that a woman ever has to make . . . One of the reasons we've had to make this decision is because so many women were found bleeding, dead, with hangers in their bodies because they were doing it themselves. The idea of this was to make it safe and clean - that was the reason the law came into effect.

    Party   Law   Ideas  
  • 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?

    Mother   Stupid   Kids  
  • 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.

    Stars   Years   House  
    Star Trek Database, www.startrek.com.
  • I don't think in terms of failure....I don't feel like anyone outside of me should be setting limitations. People should be encouraged to shoot for the moon.

    Moon   Thinking   People  
  • We're dealing with old issues that aren't ours. We carry them and we pass them on to those who come after us. I am hoping to crack some of those.

    Issues   Cracks  
  • If you can handle the fact that people are going to be mad at you when you do what you think is right, you'll be alright.

    Thinking   People   Mad  
    "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.
  • Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

    Black   Want   Call Me  
    "The Daily Telegraph", April 20, 1998.
  • In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

    "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.
  • That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.

    Mother   Money   Fun  
  • Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.

  • Did you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing the medicines that prevent transmission from mother to child. Missing the protection from parents teachers and role models that can teach them about the danger, and keep them safe from sexual exploitation. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

  • 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.

    Soul   Way   Impossible  
  • I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

    Bullying   Fun   Normal  
    "Whoopi Goldberg in full flight". Interview with Cole Morton, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2009.
  • Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.

    Action   Hell   Endure  
    "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.
  • 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.

  • You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.

  • I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

  • All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

    Acting   Looks   Want  
  • 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.

  • If You don't like Gay Marriage, Don't Marry a Gay Person.

  • I had gone through several crazy headache bouts, and I realized that part of the reason I was having them was because I wasn't smoking marijuana. When my daughter gave me a vape pen, I realized that I could relegate it to where I needed it to be. And I would talk to my older grandkids in their 20s, and they'd say they use weed to stop cramps. That's when I really started to investigate and asked the question, "Is anybody doing this?" And they gave me that horrifying answer: "niche market".

    Daughter   Weed   Crazy  
    Source: www.marieclaire.com
  • [On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

    Writing   Color   Play  
  • An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

    Eye   Fighting   People  
  • I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

    "Whoopi Goldberg Tells Katie Couric, "Life's Too Short to Be Anything but Chill"". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. April 6, 2010.
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