Ruth Elizabeth “Bette” Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. After a brief theater career, Davis became one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, appearing in nearly 100 films. Inspirational Bette Davis quotes have the power to motivate you, lift your spirit and help you to have more belief in yourselves.
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Most Famous Bette Davis Quotes
It’s better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for someone you’re not It’s a sign of your worth sometimes if you’re hated by the right people Bette Davis
You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good Joan Crawford is dead Good! Bette Davis
You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good Joan Crawford is dead Good Bette Davis
She has seen every male star at MGM except Lassie Bette Davis
If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right Bette Davis
I wouldn’t piss on her if she was on fire Bette Davis
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne Bette Davis
We were two different types entirely I can’t think of a single part I played that Joan could do Not one Can you Bette Davis
Getting old is not for sissies Bette Davis
Joan always cries a lot Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder Bette Davis
You will never be happier than you expect To change your happiness, change your expectation Bette Davis
Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! Bette Davis
If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull Bette Davis
I’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut Bette Davis
Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic Bette Davis
There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen Bette Davis
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it Bette Davis
I never did pal around with actresses Their talk usually bored me to tears Bette Davis
Life is the past, the present, and the perhaps Bette Davis
I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year Bette Davis
There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going Bette Davis
Today everyone is a star they’re all billed as starring or also starring In my day, we earned that recognition Bette Davis
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose Bette Davis
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it Bette Davis
I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year Bette Davis
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived Bette Davis
It’s true we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone, but we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime Bette Davis
Yes, burn your bridges Bette Davis
I want to die with my high heels on, still in action Bette Davis
Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over Bette Davis
The key to life is accepting challenges Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead Bette Davis
If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent Bette Davis
Your luck is how you treat people Bette Davis
Strong women only marry weak men Bette Davis
Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! As Margo Channing in All About Eve Bette Davis
You will never be happier than you expect To change your happiness, change your expectation Bette Davis
If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent Bette Davis
You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? She did it the hard way Bette Davis
If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person Bette Davis
You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain Bette Davis
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else Bette Davis
Life is the past, the present, and the perhaps Bette Davis
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work Bette Davis
Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic Bette Davis
Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success Bette Davis
I was thought to be stuck up I wasn’t I was just sure of myself Bette Davis
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake Bette Davis
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist Drive is considered aggression today I knew it then as purpose Bette Davis
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all Bette Davis
I want to die with my high heels on, still in action Bette Davis
Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over Bette Davis
I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it Actually, it hasn’t been done Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces You see, I’m an Aries I never lose Bette Davis
I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich, and long, limp hair You just have to be good to survive with that equipment Bette Davis
I think I showed my restraint by not pulling her hair out by the roots Bette Davis
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived Bette Davis
One nurse told me to say please when I asked her to do something She should consider herself luck to be in one piece today Bette Davis
There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get Bette Davis
I would rather have a go at something I feel, and be hurt, than always be protecting myself that way one does not really live Bette Davis
You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? She did it the hard way Bette Davis
I gave her a look that would exterminate lice Bette Davis
I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete Bette Davis
I never did pal around with actresses Their talk usually bored me to tear Bette Davis
I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire Bette Davis
The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about Bette Davis
You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get Bette Davis
There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen Bette Davis
Don’t you hate people who drink white wine? I mean, my dear, every alcoholic in town is getting falling down drunk on white wine They think they aren’t drunks because they only drink wine Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine It means they’re phonies Bette Davis
I think it’s just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself Bette Davis
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life The money is the gravy Bette Davis
I don’t take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache Bette Davis
One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think Bette Davis
I think men have got to change an awful lot They still prefer the little woman Bette Davis
It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her Bette Davis
I will never be below the title Bette Davis
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable I suppose I’m larger than life Bette Davis
Daddy in his infinite knowledge always saw the roots and not the flowers He took all the watches of the world apart and never knew what time it was Bette Davis
I was thought to be stuck up I wasn’t I was just sure of myself This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure Bette Davis
One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career Bette Davis
