You`ve got to vote for someone. It`s a shame, but it`s got to be done.

That`s the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn`t care what economic bracket you`re in.

I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.

I don`t have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.

We`re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

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.

Nobody ever encouraged me in this business. I encouraged myself. I was a very dull and shy child. I was the last person you would expect to be a success in this business. But I always felt if I kept going something would happen. But I even surprised myself at times. When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

[from a 1990 interview] None of the stuff I`ve done will ever cure cancer. It`s entertainment and some of it has been better entertainment than others. Ghost (1990) is a good little movie, like Jumpin` Jack Flash (1986), which I`ve changed my mind about and am finally able to watch. Burglar (1987) and Clara`s Heart (1988) are good little movies. There`s also a couple I don`t care for. The Telephone (1988) read brilliantly but was cockadoo on the screen. I`m also not crazy about Fatal Beauty (1987); it could have been a whole lot better. I`ve done good stuff and bad stuff. That`s what careers are all about.

[at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards, when she was very pleased to see Bob Barker won the award for Happy Gilmore (1996)]: Any Motion Picture Award program would give a big hand to Bob Barker. I have to come to; because that`s very big, and Bob told me he was surprised at what happened. See, you never know, you never know!

[2002 interview, on working with the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)] The connections between us is family. Its just family. And its unshakable, you know. Because you look around and you see a great part of your active adult life. Great part of my active adult life was spent with the cast and crew of "Star Trek".

[in 1994 interview, on how she got cast in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)] I did it because, frankly, I couldn`t get any other work then. I liked the show, so I asked if I could be on it. As a matter of fact, I asked twice. The first time, I sent a message to LeVar Burton asking him to tell the producers that I would really like to be on the show. He got the message to the producers and they said, "Yeah, right. Whoopi wants to do "Star Trek". One of the members [Gates McFadden] left the show and I heard about it, so I approached the show`s producers again and said, "Listen, I don`t know if you know it or not, but I`ve been trying for a long time now to get on this show." They said LeVar had told them about it and they thought he was kidding. I told them I can`t do all the episodes but I would like to do some of them. "Can I have the job?" They finally said, "Sure, we`ll build you a bar". And they built me Ten-Forward. I got to go in and be really sage and wear great hats. I also got to hang out with some extraordinary people, like Patrick Stewart, LeVar and Jonathan Frakes.

[in 1994 interview, about "Star Trek" (1966)] I know I`m never going up, for real, in anybody`s rocket ship. I know this because I hate to fly. Gene Roddenberry`s vision always included a multi-ethnic group of people. I thought that was pretty amazing. Being on "Star Trek" has been a great way to sort of expand on the universe and be a part of it." (1994 interview)

[in 1994 interview, on African-American actors in Hollywood] I don`t know if I`m the one who should be commenting on the situation. I can`t complain about the amount of work that`s out there. I am black. But I didn`t become black yesterday. I`m black and I`m getting the work and I`m doing some good things, but I realize many black actors and actresses are not being given the opportunities. The industry has got to stop thinking in terms of black and white and has to start thinking in terms of who is right, regardless of color, for the role.

Actors have no color. That`s the art form.

[speaking about Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", on her efforts to get a part in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything." [about Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", in which Goldberg eventually played a leading role]

I`m a big old egoistical baby and that`s okay. I can accept it.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don`t believe in man-made religions.

[quip while hosting the The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV)] Babe: Pig in the City (1998). Wasn`t that the Linda Tripp Story?

[talking about critics, on the "Queen Latifah Show" (1999)] You can say whatever you want about me, but talk about my daughter and I`ll beat your ass up.