“Art is long, life is short. Unless your funding is f%$ked, in which case all our days are numbered.”

“We have a duty tonight. Everybody, and guys this for you as well because I know you know women. You have a duty tonight. You only have to tell one other person what you heard. Just tell them what you heard, or ask them have you ever heard of this? If the answer is no, share what you learn tonight.That’s all. You don’t have to do anything else. You just have to tell somebody else. You have to take whatever stigma people think that is there. You have to take it. It’s not male or female. It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with, here’s a disease you don’t know about and you need to know about it. It’s that simple. It’s not rocket science.[Whoopi Goldberg on endometriosis awareness from the 2009 Blossom Ball]”

“I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.”

“I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.”

“I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation. ”

“If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.”

“My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.”

“We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.”

“When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.”

“I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me.... I think I'm kind of cool.”

“Don't you believe that the punishment should fit the crime? Isn't that what justice is? Letely, though, I wonder if we've gotten more into vengenance than justice.”