I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. Bette Davis More Quotes by Bette Davis More Quotes From Bette Davis Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. Bette Davis hard-workmotivationalinspirational You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way.' Bette Davis gravestoneknowsway I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life. Bette Davis uncompromisinglarger-than-lifehas-beens I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire. Bette Davis ifsfire I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed. Bette Davis twosexthinking It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her. Bette Davis marriedintelligentmen 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 stuck-upheartlessquality 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 enoughshouldthinking 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 hatewinefall One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake. Bette Davis candlecakerealizing I want to die with my high heels on, still in action. Bette Davis high-heelsactionwant The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead. Bette Davis self-confidencekeyscourage [On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid. Bette Davis gaystupidart Your luck is how you treat people. Bette Davis treatsluckpeople People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life. Bette Davis romancecheerpeople People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else. Bette Davis actressesdislikepeople It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies. Bette Davis rewardsexperienceshapes If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it. Bette Davis coupledoneage Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve Bette Davis seat-beltsbeltsnight The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. It is man's last desperate stand at superintendency. Bette Davis humanitymensex
