If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
BETTE DAVISAmong the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
BETTE DAVISSuccess is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
BETTE DAVISI’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
BETTE DAVISThe secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
BETTE DAVISMy passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
BETTE DAVISThere’s only one way to work — like hell.
BETTE DAVISIf men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
BETTE DAVISActing should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
BETTE DAVISYou know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
BETTE DAVISIf everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
BETTE DAVISShe’s the original good time who was had by all.
BETTE DAVISTechnicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
BETTE DAVISAn affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
BETTE DAVISI may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
BETTE DAVISYou will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
BETTE DAVIS