If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
BETTE MIDLERIt is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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