Quote

I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.

Bette Davis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Character Actor
Film Actor
Musician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Back
Look
Vigil
Looks
Relax
Always
Seemed
Never
Looked
Time
Beginning
Dangerous
War

More quotes by Bette Davis

Image
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
Bette Davis
Image
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
Bette Davis
Image
I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
Bette Davis
Image
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
Image
She's the original good time who was had by all.
Bette Davis
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
Bette Davis
Image
I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.
Bette Davis
Image
I believe one should be a woman at home.
Bette Davis
Image
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
Image
I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
Bette Davis
Image
Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
Bette Davis
Image
I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
Bette Davis
Image
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
Bette Davis
Image
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
Bette Davis
Image
In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
Bette Davis
Image
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
Bette Davis
Image
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
Bette Davis
Image
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