Quotes About Oprah

I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

Oprah has been a true inspiration to me, so I'm truly grateful both to her for taking the time to speak with me, and to the folks at 'DWTS' who set it all up.

I prefer big Oprah. I know Oprah wants to be skinny Oprah, but her head is too gigantic to fit on a skinny body. She has to accept that, like Kirstie Alley, she was meant to be... ahm... voluptuous!

Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.

Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle.

I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her down and talk at her for a minute about what she means to me and why she means that. Then I have some advice for her, too... I have an idea or two.

Oprah had come a long way from the days when she, too, loved to shock her audiences. But she no longer wanted to be seen as a vulgarian, hosting shows for nudists and shouting 'penis, penis, penis.

Oprah had no sympathy for welfare recipients and frequently berated them. 'I was a welfare daughter, just like you….How did you let yourselves become welfare mothers? Why did you choose this? I didn't.

And second, I don't think there's much of a market for your particular brand of psychology. So not true. Butch, you and I just beat the crap out of each other. You started it. And actually, it would be perfect for Spike TV. UFC meets Oprah. God, I'm brilliant. Keep telling yourself that. -Butch and V

Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle.

In the beginning, my first clients were Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg, and all different types of women.

I got the famous Oprah hug!

What's cool is that Oprah is the same person on stage and in front of a camera as she is off stage and behind the scenes. She speaks the same way on camera as she does off camera.

With Dr. Oz's powerful endorsement on the Oprah show on New Year's Day 2006, green smoothies got a sudden spotlight...

In 1986, human nature in America started to change. That year, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' based in Chicago, became nationally syndicated, and the country entered the beginning stages of a quiet cultural revolution.

Being asked by Oprah Winfrey to be on her show and do her eyebrows in 2006 - to me, that was like getting an Oscar. It was a stamp of approval from a woman that is incredible. It propelled my career to a different level.

I also need to prepare myself for the inevitability of utter boredom: Very often, single people don't do shit. They do nothing, all night long. They sit in a recliner and watch TV. I've probably watched more television than anyone you've ever met, and I don't even own one. Terrible shows, good shows, Golf tournaments in Cancun. C-SPAN. Hours of Oprah. Law and Order. Lonely people love Law and Order, for whatever reason. They prefer the straight narratives. p60

Was it counterintuitive to apply lessons from a women's self-defense book to the World Series of Poker? Yes. But if modernity has taught us anything, it's that you don't fuck with Oprah.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open. Have you been watching Oprah again?

I don't think this is the end of Oprah, it's only the beginning. I have a feeling that she'll probably have her own station, and continue to do what she does.

Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It's the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life—this I know

Temukan alur jalanmu. Ciptakan ruang bagi aliran untuk menunjukkan dirinya sendiri. Ikuti irama alami dari hidup Anda, maka Anda akan menemukan suatu daya yang jauh lebih besar daripada daya Anda sendiri. Oprah

It can upset people when you exceed the limited expectations they've always had for you.)