“I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.”
Famous
“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.”
MenAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
Movies“Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.”
Funny“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”
Success“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”
Happiness“I've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.”
Great“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“Strong women only marry weak men.”
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'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.”
Funny“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“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 went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.”
Work“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.”
Marriage“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Best“I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.”
Business