If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit. Sandra Bernhard More Quotes by Sandra Bernhard More Quotes From Sandra Bernhard Random things make me laugh. Sandra Bernhard random-thingsmake-me-laughlaughing When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world? Sandra Bernhard newsfeel-goodwatches I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have. Sandra Bernhard surgery You have to take the basics of feminism and the kind of outline of it and do what you do with it. You have to make things work for your own life. Sandra Bernhard basicsfeminismkind Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty. Sandra Bernhard jadedcynicism Of course, everybody's family is dysfunctional - we've accepted that. What are we supposed to do? Hate our parents for the rest of our lives? Sandra Bernhard acceptedhateparent People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them. Sandra Bernhard wantpeoplepast People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed. Sandra Bernhard voicenamespeople The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating. Sandra Bernhard careersimportantself I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all. Sandra Bernhard femininegonethinking They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know. Sandra Bernhard entertainmentnew-yorkwant Things are so scary and intimidating with AIDS and the right wing that people are looking for somebody to just give them safe harbors. Sandra Bernhard wingsgivingpeople I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer. Sandra Bernhard starsnew-yorkhome A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive. Sandra Bernhard remembrancealivemean Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. Oh, dear Lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete. Sandra Bernhard dear-lordfootballamerica I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility. Sandra Bernhard eyeresponsibilitypeople I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit. Sandra Bernhard rocksnightpeople I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips. Sandra Bernhard actresseshollywoodpay It's nobody's business how you do something. Sandra Bernhard It's up to couples, to individuals, to have a trust between each other. Sandra Bernhard individualcouple
