“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 don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
MoviesAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“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“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“An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.”
Marriage“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”
Business“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
Movies“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“Old age is no place for sissies.”
Age“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 lost my faith in science.”
Faith“I work to stay alive.”
Work“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
Movies“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“I've always liked men better than women.”
Women“To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.”
Money“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Best“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“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