I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVISI have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVISAlmost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
BETTE DAVISYes, burn your bridges.
BETTE DAVISWomen are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
BETTE DAVISIt’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 DAVISIt’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
BETTE DAVISIf Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
BETTE DAVISI want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
BETTE DAVISThe secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
BETTE DAVISYou will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
BETTE DAVISIf you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVISThe 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.
BETTE DAVISAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
BETTE DAVISIt’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
BETTE DAVISI 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 DAVISAt 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
BETTE DAVIS