"It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life."

"I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time."

"Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right."

"Younger men are more supportive and a lot less demanding, and they also have more time for their relationships."

"One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go."

"Women, unlike most men, are able to accept mystery, accept whatever comes to them - even if it's not logical."

"Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house."

"Donald Trump can't come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how can he come up with a plan to defeat ISIS."

"If you're waiting for someone to believe in you, you'll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself."

"I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits."

"Sometimes you have to show a little skin. This reminds boys of being naked, and then they think of sex."

"The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world."

"I just wanted my daughter to grow up, get married, have children and get divorced like everyone else."

"Everyone's got to have a dream... It's not reaching your dream that counts. It's going toward them."

"I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'."

"Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie."

"I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'"

"Credibility is to be good. You must be good. That's all I ever wanted - to be good at what I did."

"If you are going to wait for someone to encourage you to do something, you just better give up."

"Don't buy into the idea that women aren't strong enough to do anything they want on their own."

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

"The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing."

"Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great."

"I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people."

"You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States."

"I can trust my friends... these people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow."

"Where's my white collarless shirt from Fred Segal? It's my most capable-looking outfit!"

"Meryl Streep is an acting machine in the same sense that a shark is a killing machine."

"I don't like Bush. I don't trust him. I don't like his record. He's stupid. He's lazy."

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great."

"There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough."

"I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me."

"I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous."

"You know, honey, husbands come and go but I'm still Cher at the end of the day."

"If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life."

"I've been up and down so many times that I feel as if I'm in a revolving door."

"All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others."

"I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother."

"Christian said he'd call the next day, but in boy time that meant Thursday."

"Come hell or water high you'll never see me cry this is our last good bye."

"It was always 'Cher', I never thought of myself as anything but 'Cher'."

"I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not."

"If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen."

"I've had so many rebirths, I should come with my own midwife by now."

"For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin."

"Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body."

"You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee."

"Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended."

"I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me."

"Elvis was the first person in music that I really identified with."