black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

Bette Midler

Enough about me. What do you think about me?
BETTE MIDLER

About Enough Thinking
I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
BETTE MIDLER

Please Singing Thinking
Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
BETTE MIDLER

Drama Hard Work Real
While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking – to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.
BETTE MIDLER

Else Growing Somewhere Thinking
I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
BETTE MIDLER

Essence Issues Thinking
The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
BETTE MIDLER

Bombarded Grow Up Ideas
Total contentment is only for cows.
BETTE MIDLER

Contentment Cows Total
Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
BETTE MIDLER

Energy Music Performers
I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
BETTE MIDLER

Certain Kind Wanted
It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
BETTE MIDLER

Different Stars Years
It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
BETTE MIDLER

Dance Fear Philosophy
There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
BETTE MIDLER

Time Trying World
When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?
BETTE MIDLER

Assessment Land Party
Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
BETTE MIDLER

Brain Play Random
I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
BETTE MIDLER

Divine God Mad
We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
BETTE MIDLER

Divine Myself Nerves

The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bette Midler Quotes