It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness. Sandra Bernhard More Quotes by Sandra Bernhard More Quotes From Sandra Bernhard When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself. Sandra Bernhard people Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth. Sandra Bernhard earthfaceslove My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world. Sandra Bernhard artistmotherfather You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all. Sandra Bernhard dnatryingbelieve That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams. Sandra Bernhard dreamintegritypeople Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts. Sandra Bernhard sacrificecomfortpeople I think there are always different times in your life when you go, "Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier." But then you get through that, and you go, "Well, I'm not." Sandra Bernhard differentwishthinking I was really going through a transition in my life. I was tired of feeling victimized by my career. Sandra Bernhard tiredcareersfeelings Be who you are and I'll be who I am. I refuse to take sides, because everybody has their story. Sandra Bernhard be-who-you-arewho-i-amstories Not everybody is cookie-cutter. You just can't be. There are too many variables in life. Sandra Bernhard cuttersvariablescookies At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view. Sandra Bernhard point-of-viewcynicalviews From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life. Sandra Bernhard smarthippieschool I've always loved being at the eye of the storm creatively with people that I find exciting and glamorous. So sometimes I got sidetracked in my career and maybe I would have done more TV or film. Sandra Bernhard careerseyepeople Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change. Sandra Bernhard holidayqueensmen Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness. Sandra Bernhard realnesstappingway I'm a sexual person. A lot of different people turn me on and have over the years, and I've always wanted to make it very clear that this was not coming from some sort of antimale point of view. Sandra Bernhard viewspeopleyears I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing. Sandra Bernhard growing-updadyears I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group. Sandra Bernhard doctrinegroupsbelieve Madonnas got one big choice. Take a couple of years off and become a human being. Sandra Bernhard couplechoicesyears When I was really little, I was skinny and people laughed at me for being skinny, so, we all pay our dues for the bodies we're in one way or another. But thank god I haven't needed to alter it to feel good about myself. Sandra Bernhard feel-goodthank-godpeople
