Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
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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?
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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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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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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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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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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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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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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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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