Bette Midler Quotes

I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.

While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking – to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.

From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.

I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.

I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.

You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.

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.

I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.