Quotes from Sandra Bernhard

Personally, I'm waiting for caller IQ.

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved.

It's up to couples, to individuals, to have a trust between each other.

As a kid, I loved being loved, and still do. Who doesn't love being loved?

I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

I'm sure that Jesus was an incredible person.

I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.

I don't believe in karma.

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.

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again.

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.

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.

I've always gotten myself overly involved in supporting other women who've not always been as supportive in return.

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.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

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.

I can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.