Barbra Streisand

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

— Barbra Streisand

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

— Barbra Streisand

I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every…

— Barbra Streisand

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

— Barbra Streisand

You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender…

— Barbra Streisand

I need instant gratification.

— Barbra Streisand

Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you're having an affair, if you don't you're…

— Barbra Streisand

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you…

— Barbra Streisand

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

— Barbra Streisand

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.

— Barbra Streisand

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

— Barbra Streisand

Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.

— Barbra Streisand

I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.

— Barbra Streisand

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

— Barbra Streisand

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

— Barbra Streisand

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

— Barbra Streisand

I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see…

— Barbra Streisand

How can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children?…

— Barbra Streisand

I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people…

— Barbra Streisand

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same…

— Barbra Streisand

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.

— Barbra Streisand

I worked in a Chinese restaurant.

— Barbra Streisand

I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.

— Barbra Streisand

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to…

— Barbra Streisand

I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put…

— Barbra Streisand