black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?

Bette Midler

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
BETTE MIDLER

Certain Kind Wanted
GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
BETTE MIDLER

Distance God Watching
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
BETTE MIDLER

Opportunity Phones Waiting
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
BETTE MIDLER

Expectations People Unrealistic
All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
BETTE MIDLER

Believe Gay Rumor
Total contentment is only for cows.
BETTE MIDLER

Contentment Cows Total
That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
BETTE MIDLER

Nominate Oscar Remember
I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
BETTE MIDLER

Planets Sanguine Way
Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
BETTE MIDLER

Ideas Song Voice
Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
BETTE MIDLER

Funny Nice Wise
I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
BETTE MIDLER

Garbage Good Lot People Saw Way
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.
BETTE MIDLER

Book Country Horse
I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
BETTE MIDLER

Always Breakup Married
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
BETTE MIDLER

Audience Enough Lucky
I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
BETTE MIDLER

Divine God Mad
I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
BETTE MIDLER

Please Singing Thinking

When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bette Midler Quotes