Cher Quotes & Sayings

The only grounds for divorce in California are marriage. — Cher

There is only one value to having the look you have when you are young and no value to the look you have when you are older. — Cher

I only answer to two people, myself and God. — Cher

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

The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience. — Cher

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

In this business (showbiz) it takes time to be really good and by that time, you're obsolete. — Cher

When you stop trying to find the right man and start becoming the right woman, the right man will find his way to you. — Cher

It's not always a happy ending when sometimes you say things that you think, and it goes against the grain of the larger group. It doesn't always turn out. — Cher

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

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! — Cher

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

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

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. — Cher

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

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

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

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

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

Some guy said to me: Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll?
I said: You'd better check with Mick Jagger. — Cher

At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent. I felt that I didn't do anything quite well enough, that I was one of those people who was famous but not very talented. So I said, okay, I'll be the Dinah Shore of the Seventies, on TV all the time but nobody quite knows why. — Cher

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

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

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. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you every time. — Cher

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? — Cher

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

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

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. — Cher

I'm not old-fashioned. — Cher

I'm just the worst little Buddhist in town. — Cher

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

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

I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

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.' — Cher

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

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

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

The road is a nasty place and lonely. — Cher

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. — Cher

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. — Cher

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. — Cher

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

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

If a man's a good kisser, he's a great f-. — Cher

I kill myself for my body. — Cher

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. — Cher

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. — Cher

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

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

My relationships usually last a few years. When I'm involved with a man, other men are fascinated with me, but the minute I'm single again, half of those men disappear because they don't have the balls to really want me. — Cher

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. — Cher

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

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

I never read in school. I got really bad grades-D's and F's and C's in some classes, and A's and B's in other classes. In the second week of the 11th grade, I just quit. When I was in school, it was really difficult. Almost everything I learned, I had to learn by listening. My report cards always said that I was not living up to my potential. — Cher

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. — Cher

Sometimes I don't tell the truth, which is telling the truth about not telling the truth. I think people don't tell the truth when they're afraid that something bad's going to happen if they tell the truth. I say things all the time that I could really get into trouble for, but they kind of blow over. — Cher

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

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

To me marriage is for five or ten years. — Cher

Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time. — Cher

I'm going to have wrinkles really soon — Cher

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. — Cher

I just don't understand how anyone would want to be a Republican. I just can't figure it. I don't understand. If you're poor, if you're any kind of minority - gay, black, Latino, anything. If you're not a rich born-again-Christian, I don't get it. — Cher

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. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

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

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

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

I never cared about money. I'm not destined to be a rich woman. I'm destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any. I've made millions and millions and millions of dollars and I just spend it. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

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. — Cher

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

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. — Cher

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

People are negative no matter what you do. — Cher

I wouldn't mind living with someone forever. I don't really want to get married. I don't see any reason for it. And yet I'm so romantic that every time I think I meet someone I want to live with them forever and ever. — Cher

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

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

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. — Cher

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. — Cher

I've been been rich
I've been poor
Rich is better
I've been young
I've been old
Young is better — Cher

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. — Cher

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

Someone once said "The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches." I think that's funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am. — Cher

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

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

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

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

Do you believe in life after love? — Cher

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. — Cher

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