I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
BETTE DAVISMy passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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