If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVISIf you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVISPray to God and say the lines.
BETTE DAVISI’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
BETTE DAVISI will never be below the title.
BETTE DAVISSuccess is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
BETTE DAVISStrong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVISThere is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
BETTE DAVISI do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
BETTE DAVISTemperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
BETTE DAVISI 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.
BETTE DAVISI think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
BETTE DAVISI 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.
BETTE DAVISI never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVISI think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
BETTE DAVISIf Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
BETTE DAVISOh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
BETTE DAVIS