Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
BETTE MIDLERIf somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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.
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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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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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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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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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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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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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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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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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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I’m confident that I’m as intelligent as many people, but I know that I’m not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I’m a shrinking violet because I don’t want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
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