Whoopi Goldberg Want Quotations

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention