My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
BETTE MIDLERThrough books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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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 read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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it will cleanse itself, and new life forms, maybe better ones, will come. Meanwhile, we’ll have gotten exactly what we deserved: annihilation.
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