Quote

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

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
World
Wars
Tragedy
Writers
Thoughts
Full
Space
War
Thinking
Tragedies

More quotes by Bette Davis

Image
I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
Bette Davis
Image
You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
Bette Davis
Image
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
Bette Davis
Image
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
Bette Davis
Image
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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
You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
Bette Davis
Image
I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
Bette Davis
Image
I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
Bette Davis
Image
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
Image
I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
Bette Davis
Image
I believe one should be a woman at home.
Bette Davis
Image
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Bette Davis
Image
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
Bette Davis
Image
If men found out how to give birth to children they'll never propose again.
Bette Davis
Image
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
Bette Davis
Image
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
Bette Davis
Image
Pray to God and say the lines.
Bette Davis
Image
You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
Bette Davis