Success only breeds a new goal
BETTE DAVISSuccess only breeds a new goal
BETTE DAVISAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
BETTE DAVISIf Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
BETTE DAVISIf you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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 DAVISAs 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.
BETTE DAVISThe act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
BETTE DAVISYou should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
BETTE DAVISOne begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
BETTE DAVISYou know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
BETTE DAVISWithout wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVISPeople often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVISYes, burn your bridges.
BETTE DAVISI want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
BETTE DAVISI was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
BETTE DAVISI will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS