Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
BETTE DAVISWhat a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
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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.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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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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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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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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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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