I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
BETTE DAVISI never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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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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Some 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.
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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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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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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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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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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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