One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
BETTE DAVISIt’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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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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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Among 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.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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I 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!
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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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I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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