Quotes by Whoopi Goldberg

“Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.”

“We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”

“People have the power we give them. Words have the power we give them.”

“I can do anything. I can be anything. No one ever told me I couldn't. No one ever expressed this idea that I was limited to any one thing, and so I think in terms of what's possible, not impossible.”

“Art is long, life is short. Unless your funding is f%$ked, in which case all our days are numbered.”

“Art is long, life is short.”

“Is there any forgiveness? If somebody does something wrong, we now have copped this "off with the head" attitude, which, I confess, feels great sometimes, but come on. Why do we paint everyone with...”

“We forgive sometimes, and sometimes we don't. One thing that's consistent is, at least in the early going, we love to punish and we need to find a villian.”

“Don't you believe that the punishment should fit the crime? Isn't that what justice is? Letely, though, I wonder if we've gotten more into vengenance than justice.”

“It never occurred to me that somehow women did know about it. It just never occurred to me. Yes I am wearing sneakers too. You are in a suit, I am comfortable. So when she explained to me that this...”

“We have a duty tonight. Everybody, and guys this for you as well because I know you know women. You have a duty tonight. You only have to tell one other person what you heard. Just tell them what y...”

“We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.”

“My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.”

“If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.”

“I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation. ”

“I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.”

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

“I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me.... I think I'm kind of cool.”

“When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.”

“People have the power we give them. Words have the power we give them.”