Quote

My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.

Bette Midler

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bette Midler
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Producer
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Honolulu
Hawaii
The Divine Miss M
Parents
Insisted
College
Sibling
Teacher
Librarian
Parent
Employed
Learn
Nurse
Wanted
Secretary
Boss
Contractor
Independent
Siblings

More quotes by Bette Midler

Image
I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
Bette Midler
Image
When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.
Bette Midler
Image
I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
Bette Midler
Image
Find your Light They can't love you if they can't see you
Bette Midler
Image
There's the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there's the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn't sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
Bette Midler
Image
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
Bette Midler
Image
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
Bette Midler
Image
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
Bette Midler
Image
Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.
Bette Midler
Image
I'm mad about God! That's why I'm divine.
Bette Midler
Image
Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love's not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true ...In this life I was loved by you.
Bette Midler
Image
If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.
Bette Midler
Image
I've always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
Bette Midler
Image
I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?
Bette Midler
Image
I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
Bette Midler
Image
The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
Bette Midler
Image
I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
Bette Midler
Image
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
Bette Midler
Image
When it's time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
Bette Midler
Image
Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.
Bette Midler