Cher Quotations

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.

Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining.

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

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

A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.

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

I only answer to two people, myself and God.

Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date.

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

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It's our duty to give back.

I know it sounds weird, but how bad, how hard can dying be?

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

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.

I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.

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

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

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.

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

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

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.

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

My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.

If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?

People are negative no matter what you do.

Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.

I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel.

The road is a nasty place and lonely.

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

I wish that I did the things that I really believe in, because when I do, my life goes much smoother.

I'm amusing and crazy on Twitter. I talk about important things, stupid things.

My passion lies with whatever I'm doing at the time... I only see what is front of me.

I'm insecure about everything, because... I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what I'd like to look like.

I can't do coffee, but I can do Dr. Pepper.

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.

I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values. There has been lots of battling and lots of love and it's never an easy road for us. But in the deepest recesses, I do have my mother's values.

Anyone who's a great kisser I'm always interested in.

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town.

I keep coming back because I have no place else to go. What else would I do? I love to sing.

I have a problem with religion that makes it so, like, 'We are the ones. We are the chosen ones.'

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

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

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks.

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

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

To me marriage is for five or ten years

I want to be really special, I want to be really good. It's not enough to be famous for me. Famous is empty so quickly, it's not what people think it is. It's wonderful, but if you're famous and you feel that you're an artist inside and everyone thinks you're just a celebrity, it's really painful.

Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do. I think one of the best things was being able to imagine anything that I wanted, anything that I came up with we could do, because this theater is unbelievable.

I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You see all your imperfections.

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

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

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

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

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

Until mankind is peaceful enough not to have violence on the news, there's no point in taking it out of shows that need it for entertainment value.

You can't just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming. Sonny taught me that, and I intend to do him proud.

I'm going to have wrinkles really soon

It's my body and if I want to do it like Michael Jackson, I will. My nose bothered me for a long time. Now it's smaller and I'm happy. If I wanna put my tits on my back, they're mine!

Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time.

There's not someone who tells you how adorable you are and rubs your head and goes into a crowded press conference and stands at the back and winks at you so that you think, 'I can get through this.'

Going hungry never bothered me - it was having no clothes.

I'm from a Gypsy background!

I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below used-car salesmen.

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

If you can give it, I can take it 'Cause if this heart is gonna break it's gonna take a lot to break it I know tonight, somebody's gonna win the fight So if you're so tough, come on and prove it Your heart is down for the count and you know you're gonna lose it Tonight you're gonna go down in flames Just like Jesse James

Sometimes I feel like an old hooker.

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

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

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

I wear my clothes, my clothes don't wear me.

OMG! Is this true? [Marcus Bachmann] has a Christian clinic where he de-programs gay boys & girls! I'm gonna strangle him with my Boa!

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

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

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

Would you look at that body language? Legs crossed towards each other. That is an unequivocal sex invite.

Gay guys like a certain kind of woman. They like a flamboyant woman that's broken. They like a balls-to-the-wall woman, motherly but not; sexual but not. Gay guys are like this: they either love you or they don't even know you're on the planet. Once you have them, you have them.

If I want to put my tits on my back, it's nobody's business but my own,

I felt impotent and out of control, which I really, really hate. I had to find sanctuary in a place where I could gather my thoughts and regain my strength.

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

What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can't do that, And there's no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I've got time to think it through, And maybe I'm too good for you!

It's a dirty job being ridiculous, but I'll do it

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

I love ghosts; I prefer ghosts to some people.

Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.

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

I don't like my voice that much. I think I'm a much better actress than singer. Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house. When you go to someone else's house for a party, it's not your responsibility at all, but when you have the party at your own house, there's a lot of responsibility. Everyone has to have a good time. So for me, acting is deeper.

I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.

I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off.

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

I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a job. People said I was a huge joke. I've been a joke so many times. I've been on my way out since I started, but I'm strong-willed. My mother is so much tougher than I am and my grandmother is so much tougher than my mother.

I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model. The only thing about me as a role model is I've managed to stay here and be working and survive. For 40 years.

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails.

I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud.

In my personal life I'm not very tough at all, but in my professional life, having to deal with being a woman in a man's world, I'm really tough. I never back down from a fight or an argument. I'm willing to stand there toe to toe with anyone.

In the recession people are going to be looking even more at what movie stars are wearing, as it provides a fantasy outlet.