“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God
“I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.”
WorkAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“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“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“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“Old age is no place for sissies.”
Age“I work to stay alive.”
Work“I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.”
Funny“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
Movies“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.”
Marriage“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”
Happiness“I've always liked men better than women.”
Women“Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.”
Great“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”
Business“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've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“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