Bette Davis quotes

Born
April 5, 1908, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died
October 6, 1989.

Occupation
Actress.

Bette Davis was an American actress known for her versatility and dynamic performances. She began her acting career in the 1920s. She quickly rose to fame in Hollywood and became one of the most successful and respected actresses of her time.Throughout her career, Davis appeared in over 100 films, earning 10 Academy Award nominations and winning 2.

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.
– Bette Davis

Strong women only marry weak men.
– Bette Davis

That’s me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.
– Bette Davis

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
– Bette Davis

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.
– Bette Davis

Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
– Bette Davis

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
– Bette Davis

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
– Bette Davis

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
– Bette Davis

I’ve always liked men better than women.
– Bette Davis

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don’t remember ever having seen one weep.
– 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’ve lost my faith in science.
– Bette Davis

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I’m afraid it did.
– Bette Davis

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
– Bette Davis

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring… I ought to know.
– Bette Davis

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
– Bette Davis

I am just too much.
– Bette Davis

Old age is no place for sissies.
– Bette Davis

I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
– Bette Davis

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
– Bette Davis

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
– Bette Davis

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
– Bette Davis

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
– Bette Davis

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
– Bette Davis

I work to stay alive.
– Bette Davis

I don’t think of myself as a character actress – that’s become a phrase which means you’ve had it.
– Bette Davis

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
– Bette Davis

Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
– Bette Davis

I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
– Bette Davis