hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
BETTE MIDLERSometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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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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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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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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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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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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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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