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 DAVISThe real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
More Bette Davis Quotes
-
-
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
BETTE DAVIS -
The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
BETTE DAVIS -
I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
BETTE DAVIS -
In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
BETTE DAVIS -
You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
BETTE DAVIS -
The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
BETTE DAVIS -
To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVIS -
She’s the original good time who was had by all.
BETTE DAVIS -
I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
BETTE DAVIS -
There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
BETTE DAVIS -
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVIS -
Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
BETTE DAVIS -
There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
BETTE DAVIS -
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 -
Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
BETTE DAVIS