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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.

Bette Davis

Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
BETTE DAVIS

Character Difficult Success
You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
BETTE DAVIS

Enough Myself Thinking
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVIS

Bored Friendship Tears
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
BETTE DAVIS

Movie Reason
One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
BETTE DAVIS

Career Careers Hollywood Myself Respect Truth
There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
BETTE DAVIS

Acting Hollywood Party
You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
BETTE DAVIS

Missing Moments Sailing
You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
BETTE DAVIS

Death Gravestone Herself Way
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
BETTE DAVIS

End Fame Ourselves Stars
The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
BETTE DAVIS

Humanity Men Sex
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Marriage Money Sex
You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
BETTE DAVIS

Expectations Happiness
Pray to God and say the lines.
BETTE DAVIS

God Prayer
Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
BETTE DAVIS

Inspirational Movie Stars
You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
BETTE DAVIS

Hate Yourself
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVIS

Age Couple
She’s the original good time who was had by all.
BETTE DAVIS

Goodness Time Women
If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
BETTE DAVIS

Dull Pretty Yourself
I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
BETTE DAVIS

Men Thinking Woman
I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
BETTE DAVIS

Fame Myself Talk
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Alone Independent Man Sex
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
BETTE DAVIS

Live Myself
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
BETTE DAVIS

Mean Trust White Wine
I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
BETTE DAVIS

Female Generation Myself
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVIS

Acting Stage Actors Wonderful
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Forgiveness Heartless Quality Stuck Up
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Business Intelligence Life Love Thinking

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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