Barbra Streisand Quotes

"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work."
-Barbra Streisand in Commitment quotes.

"I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good."
-Barbra Streisand in Perfection quotes.

"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."
-Barbra Streisand in Trust quotes.

"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination."
-Barbra Streisand in Discrimination quotes.

"My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like ...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand."
-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 definately not the same."
-Barbra Streisand

"I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience."
-Barbra Streisand