Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
BETTE DAVISSome young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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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.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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