Bette Davis Quotes

Most popular Bette Davis Quotes

The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. - Bette Davis quote.
The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

sex

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent. - Bette Davis quote.
If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
— Bette Davis

parenting

The person who wants to make it has to sweat.  There are no short cuts. - Bette Davis quote.
The person who wants to make it has to sweat.  There are no short cuts.
— Bette Davis When I Was 16

sweat

Joan always cries a lot.  Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder. - Bette Davis quote.
Joan always cries a lot.  Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder.
— Bette Davis Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud

actors

The real actor–like any real artist—has a direct line to the collective heart. - Bette Davis quote.
The real actor–like any real artist—has a direct line to the collective heart.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life: An Autobiography

actors

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. - Bette Davis quote.
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
— Bette Davis

marriage

I have always been driven by some distant music—a battle hymn no doubt—for I have been at war from the beginning. - Bette Davis quote.
I have always been driven by some distant music—a battle hymn no doubt—for I have been at war from the beginning.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

actors

No set goal achieved satisfies.  Success only breeds a new goal.  The golden apple devoured has seeds.  It is endless. - Bette Davis quote.
No set goal achieved satisfies.  Success only breeds a new goal.  The golden apple devoured has seeds.  It is endless.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

success goals

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made.  Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business. - Bette Davis quote.
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made.  Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

enemies

Love is not enough.  It must be the foundation, the cornerstone—but not the complete structure.  It is much too pliable, too yielding. - Bette Davis quote.
Love is not enough.  It must be the foundation, the cornerstone—but not the complete structure.  It is much too pliable, too yielding.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

love

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 quote.
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 The Lonely Life

actors

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 quote.
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

inspirational success hard work wealth

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies.  Success only breeds a new goal.  The golden apple devoured has seeds.  It is endless. - Bette Davis quote.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies.  Success only breeds a new goal.  The golden apple devoured has seeds.  It is endless.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

actors

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 The Lonely Life

sweat money

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work.  No set goal achieved satisfies.  Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds.  It is endless.
— Bette Davis The Lonely Life

apples