You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
BETTE DAVISYou know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
BETTE DAVISI never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVISHome is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
BETTE DAVISThere 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 DAVISOne can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
BETTE DAVISActing should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
BETTE DAVISThe real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
BETTE DAVISDiscipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
BETTE DAVISThe only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
BETTE DAVISBasically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
BETTE DAVISIf men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
BETTE DAVISI want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
BETTE DAVISYou will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
BETTE DAVISAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
BETTE DAVISTo look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVISIf you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVIS