“The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.” MomentsAudienceJudgingLiedUmpiresLagCoughingWhooping Cough Author:Barbra Streisand
“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.” PeopleLooksHelpingHomeWonderDyingPleaseSickDrivingHeyHelp MeNightmareHospitalsHey YouStreisandDriving Home Author:Barbra Streisand
“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.” NeedsTwoEndsDoubtBalanceScales Author:Barbra Streisand
“I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.” WantMy OwnLimitsLimitation Author:Barbra Streisand
“I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.” WishAmbitionPrivacyAmbitious Author:Barbra Streisand
“What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.” PeopleGivingShouldMeanDoeI CanDressesLiftsEmsShould IBe GratefulThanksgivingThank YouApplauseMean PeopleSaying Thank You Author:Barbra Streisand
“Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?” MenWomenObsessedStrong Women Author:Barbra Streisand
“God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.” MenMindDecency Book:Aeschylus II: The Oresteia Source: Aeschylus II: The Oresteia
“I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'” WritingSaidPlayWishBehindsFrontsCriticsReviewsBad Reviews Author:Barbra Streisand