“ I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror. Barbra Streisand
“ Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married? Barbra Streisand
“ Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. Barbra Streisand
“ A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is tr… Barbra Streisand
“ I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all. Barbra Streisand
“ What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to. Barbra Streisand
“ I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. Barbra Streisand
“ The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough. Barbra Streisand
“ I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Barbra Streisand
“ . . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative. Barbra Streisand
“ Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love. Barbra Streisand
“ Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men? Barbra Streisand
“ Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. Barbra Streisand
“ We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of bl… Barbra Streisand
“ Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married? Barbra Streisand
