If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
BETTE MIDLER[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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It 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!
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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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Even if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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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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Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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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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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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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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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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