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113 Inspiring Quotes By Roseanne Barr That Will Light Up Your Mood

Famous As: Stand-Up Comedian and Actress Known for Her TV Sitcom ‘Roseanne’
Born On: November 3, 1952
Born In: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Age: 71 Years
Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American producer, comedian, actress, talk show host and writer. She gained recognition for her part in the popular television show ‘Roseanne’. Barr started off her journey as a stand-up comedian in club shows but soon hit it big time with the show ‘Roseanne’. Barr is particularly well-known for creating a comic persona that was a tribute to the working class American. The show ran from 1988 till 1997 and made Barr one of the most iconic characters on television and she bagged in the ‘The Golden Globe’ and ‘The Emmy Award’ for best actress. Barr is not only a highly influential comedian known for her quick wit and excellent turn of phrase, but also an excellent conversationalist, which is why she had her own talk show as well. Her talk show ‘The Roseanne Show’ ran for a couple of years and later on she went back to stand up comedy. Here is a collection of some of her greatest quotes and thoughts excerpted from her years as a stand up comic, talk show host and media personality.  Go through the quotations and sayings by Roseanne Barr that will not only inspire you but also bring a smile on your face.
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Roseanne Barr

Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact.

Roseanne Barr
You can always get better. Nobody can stop you from getting better, and nobody can stop you from trying to make something right.

You can always get better. Nobody can stop you from getting better, and nobody can stop you from trying to make something right.

Roseanne Barr
Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch from effect to cause. So how to be a cause in your own life.

Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch from effect to cause. So how to be a cause in your own life.

Roseanne Barr

Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need righteous and strong men who will help us to use our most cherished gifts: the ability to multitask and problem solve.

Roseanne Barr
My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

Roseanne Barr
Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

Roseanne Barr
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

Roseanne Barr
Excuse the mess but we live here.

Excuse the mess but we live here.

Roseanne Barr
It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

Roseanne Barr
I know how to do anything, I'm a mom.

I know how to do anything, I'm a mom.

Roseanne Barr

A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego.

Roseanne Barr
Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.

Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.

Roseanne Barr
'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

Roseanne Barr
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

Roseanne Barr
Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

Roseanne Barr
I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

Roseanne Barr
You kind of restructure your whole personality to be in a healthy relationship.

You kind of restructure your whole personality to be in a healthy relationship.

Roseanne Barr
I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.

I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.

Roseanne Barr

I want to say that nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification to do that. I didn't just make it up. A lot of things were true and abusive and horrible things that happened to me that my father did.

Roseanne Barr
I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

Roseanne Barr

I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled.

Roseanne Barr
I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'

I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'

Roseanne Barr

I always had a dissociative disorder. But I healed from it over the course of 14 years of big-time therapy. But, you know, I mean, everybody's kind of loony now. So I was kind of a pioneer in the mental illness thing, too.

Roseanne Barr
My real life is funnier than anything on TV.

My real life is funnier than anything on TV.

Roseanne Barr
The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.

Roseanne Barr
I think I'm hysterical. I watch myself on tape and just roar - isn't that weird?

I think I'm hysterical. I watch myself on tape and just roar - isn't that weird?

Roseanne Barr

I'm tired of watching as men destroy all the world. Everything used to be beautiful when women were in charge, and now I, working as the physical manifestation of the goddess Isis and the reincarnation of Cleopatra, have decided to save the world.

Roseanne Barr

Judaism is one of the last of the world's matrilineal philosophies. Matriarchies are always the cultures that patriarchy attacks and decimates, because they don't spend all their money on the military like patriarchy does. They are easy prey.

Roseanne Barr
Patriarchy is a bully notion, which if you will notice never attacks a nation that can defend itself. Zionism is patriarchal and sets Judaism on its head.

Patriarchy is a bully notion, which if you will notice never attacks a nation that can defend itself. Zionism is patriarchal and sets Judaism on its head.

Roseanne Barr