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103 Fierce & Inspirational Quotes By Barbra Streisand

Famous As: One of the Few Performers Who Have Been Awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT)
Born On: April 24, 1942
Born In: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Founder / Co Founder: First Artists Production Company
Age: 81 Years

Barbra Streisand is a celebrated American vocalist, actress, director and song writer. She is termed as the ‘Mother of All Contemporary Pop Divas’ or ‘Queen of The Divas’. This can be largely accredited to the longevity and versatility of Streisand in various fields of entertainment. Streisand sold a whopping 68.5 million albums in the United States and 145 million records worldwide, thus making her one the best-selling female artists in American music history. With more than 53 gold albums, 31 platinum and 14 multi-platinum albums to boast about, Streisand holds the unique feat to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades. As an actor, she featured in various hit movies such as Funny Girl, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Way We Were and A Star Is Born. Along with her yet-to-be-released untitled autobiography, she published My Passion for Design. Here are some of the greatest quotes from this icon highlighting on her thoughts and sayings.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?

Barbra Streisand
I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

Barbra Streisand
I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.

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

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

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

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

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.

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.

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 who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.

Barbra Streisand
I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

Barbra Streisand
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.'

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.'

Barbra Streisand
Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

Barbra Streisand
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.

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
I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

Barbra Streisand
I'm a work in progress.

I'm a work in progress.

Barbra Streisand
The audience is the barometer of the truth.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

Barbra Streisand
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

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

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

Barbra Streisand
I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

Barbra Streisand
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.

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

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
I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

Barbra Streisand

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

Barbra Streisand
I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

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 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
There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

Barbra Streisand
There is nothing more important in life than love.

There is nothing more important in life than love.

Barbra Streisand
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Barbra Streisand
I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

Barbra Streisand
I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

Barbra Streisand
Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

Barbra Streisand
I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.

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

Barbra Streisand