Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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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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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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