Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfreyis an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person. Several...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1954
CityKosciusko, MS
CountryUnited States of America
Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.
Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.
When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.
I had been convinced that I should do the book because I was turning 40. Well, turning 40 doesn't mean that all of a sudden you know more than you did when you were 39 or 38, ... At the time, (canceling the book) was the hardest decision I had ever made.
A Million Little Pieces' is an experience. And when you finally, reluctantly, turn the last page, you want to meet the man who lived to tell this tale.
I speak to millions every day, but it's different one-on-one when people have paid to hear you say something meaningful.
I've decided I will open the door to all books as potential Oprah's Book Club selections, ... I feel this will give the book club a whole new range of opportunities to explore the world through words.
I've been doing this a long time and people have made donations and they've been very kind, but no one has ever given our Angel Network $1 million.
These are women who, when I was growing up, made a difference for me. The first time I saw Diana Ross and the Supremes on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' it changed my life.
These are women who, when I was growing up, made a difference for me, ... The first time I saw Diana Ross and the Supremes on the 'Ed Sullivan Show,' it changed my life.
Are you a racist? I believe everybody should have this in their movie collection.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
I've met a lot of people in my life, but I've never met anyone like this little boy, who seemed to come from another world.
See, that's what geniuses know, ... They know they're a genius. When geniuses take the test they say, 'well, I'm a genius, of course, I'm going to score.'