Quotes from Bette Davis

The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

I have always been driven by some distant music-a battle hymn no doubt-for 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.

The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.

It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.

If men found out how to give birth to children they'll never propose again.

Strong women only marry weak men.

Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

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.

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.

If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.

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.

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

Actually, I think business women are better women at home, if you want to know the truth because you do understand what goes into a day's work out in the world, a very nerve-racking affair.

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.