“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work
“I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.”
MarriageAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.”
Marriage“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“I work to stay alive.”
Work“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
Movies“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.”
Home“I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.”
Funny“Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.”
Great“I've always liked men better than women.”
Women“I've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
Movies“There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.”
Truth“Old age is no place for sissies.”
Age“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”
Business“Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.”
Men“I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.”
Marriage“I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.”
Work“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Best“Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.”
Funny