Barbra Streisand Quotes

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

I'm not weird, just different from people who aren't different.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.

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.

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.

progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.

Life's too short. Start with Dessert!

The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.

Love comes from the most unexpected places.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

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?

There is nothing more important in life than love.

Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

When I sing, people shut up.

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.

Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.