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.
BETTE DAVISStrong women only marry weak men.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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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 am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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I 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.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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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’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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I will never be below the title.
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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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