Sandra Bernhard Quotes

My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.

When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

You don't need to be famous to live a life as an artist.

Gayness is a non-issue.

My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.

Be who you are and I'll be who I am. I refuse to take sides, because everybody has their story.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.

I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.

I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have.

Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change.

I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

How far can we go? How much can we absorb and still have some peace of mind?

From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.

Growing up in the '60s and the '70s, things certainly seemed more simplistic and easier to digest.

I think there are always different times in your life when you go, "Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier." But then you get through that, and you go, "Well, I'm not."

Not everybody is cookie-cutter. You just can't be. There are too many variables in life.

I definitely want to be with somebody who doesn't feel lost or in my shadow.

Random things make me laugh.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.