218 Quotes by Susan Sarandon

Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty weapon."As quoted in The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets ( Kym Douglas / Cindy Pearlman, 2006)

When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer, even if we’ve been raised that way.It is not OK to miss a part of your life because of pain and excessive bleeding.It is not OK to be bed-ridden for two-to-three days a month.It is not OK to pain during sex.It is not OK to have major bloating or nausea."(Address, 2011 Endometriosis Foundation of America Blossom Ball)

I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives."(The Power of One: Belief.net Interview; July 2005)

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point."(As quoted in Put Your Big Girl Panties on and Deal with it, Roz Van Meter, 2007)

¿Por qué la gente se casa? Necesitamos un testigo de nuestras vidas. Hay un billón de personas en el planeta..si te pones a pensar, ¿qué significa una sola vida? Pero en el matrimonio, estas prometiendo que te va a importar todo. Las cosas buenas, las malas, las terribles, las poco importantes..todo, todo el tiempo, todos los días. Estas diciendo "tu vida no va a ser insignificante, no va a pasar desapercibida porque yo voy a celebrarte, yo voy a ser tu testigo".

How you spend your energy is ultimately what creates who you are."(On Beauty: Susan Sarandon, Vogue, January 8, 2016)

[I]t takes so little effort and money to get rid of malaria, to bring in clean water, to give people a chance at an education. When you don't have hope, that's when people start to do weird, horrible, violent things. That's at the bottom of it. It's just a question of prioritizing. The funds are there."(The Power of One: Belief.net Interview; July 2005)

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need."(The Power of One: Belief.net Interview; July 2005)