25 Quotes By Barbra Streisand


Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
Barbra Streisand on anniversary

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 on art

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
Barbra Streisand on change

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
Barbra Streisand on education

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

We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
Barbra Streisand on family

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

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
Barbra Streisand on good

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 on home

I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
Barbra Streisand on home

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?
Barbra Streisand on marriage

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
Barbra Streisand on society

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
Barbra Streisand on strength

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
Barbra Streisand on strength

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
Barbra Streisand on success

I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.
Barbra Streisand on teacher

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
Barbra Streisand on trust

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
Barbra Streisand on trust

I can take any truth just don't lie to me.
Barbra Streisand on truth

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.
Barbra Streisand on truth