” I’ve always said what other people were afraid to say, and always in the shortest, tightest skirt possible.”
Category: Quotes
Work is a process of finding out who you are, once you do you can lie down…
“Work is a process of finding out who you are, once you do you can lie down.”
[Our father] didn’t like us wearing make up and we had a curfew some ridiculous hour like ten o’clock, and if you weren’t in the house you usually got locked out…
“[Our father] didn’t like us wearing make up and we had a curfew some ridiculous hour like ten o’clock, and…
I LOVE the idea of being a wild woman, but I don’t really want to be one…
“I LOVE the idea of being a wild woman, but I don’t really want to be one. I think about…
I like art and I like work…
“I like art and I like work. And the whole thrust of my life has been toward those two things,…
My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap.
“My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical…
When I moved to New York, I was very disappointed in how parts of the city looked…
“When I moved to New York, I was very disappointed in how parts of the city looked. I was so…
My specialty is to make people laugh really, really hard and then turn around and make them cry. That’s what I do.
“My specialty is to make people laugh really, really hard and then turn around and make them cry. That’s what…
’m pretty gutsy, but I’m intimidated by tremendous accomplishment… and by people who are very tall
“I’m pretty gutsy, but I’m intimidated by tremendous accomplishment”¦ and by people who are very tall”
Bette Midler’s Reaction To The Panama Paper’s Scandal
GOODNESS. Now that’s a lot of celebrities who have been squirrelling away their money abroad. We pass on the reaction…
I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them…
“I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them.”
There’s nothing in this world that is more worthy to own than compassion…
“There’s nothing in this world that is more worthy to own than compassion.”
I’ve never known anyone to tell the truth about sex EVER!…
“I’ve never known anyone to tell the truth about sex EVER! Have you? I have never, ever . . .I…
Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlepper. I just do what I can do…
“Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlepper. I just do what I can do.” ”“ Bette Midler
I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered me…
“I didn’t belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I’d known that one day my differentness…
Was I a funny-looking kid? Well, yeah…
“Was I a funny-looking kid? Well, yeah. I mean, I had the frizzy hair and I wore these cat’s-eye glasses”¦no,…
I have the magic words: ‘I don’t care anymore!
“I have the magic words: ”˜I don’t care anymore!'”
I am never very far away from my spirit. it’s just a quarter of an inch below the surface of my skin…
“I am never very far away from my spirit., it’s just a quarter of an inch below the surface of…
Despite the way things turned out [AIDS], I’m still proud of those days [when I got my start singing at the gay bathhouses in New York City]…
“Despite the way things turned out [AIDS], I’m still proud of those days [when I got my start singing at…
I adore deceit and I don’t mind being misquoted…
“I adore deceit and I don’t mind being misquoted. I will not, however, allow myself to be made to sound…
Basically, what I was doing was a character that has always had a place in show business, and that’s the Broad
“Basically, what I was doing was a character that has always had a place in show business, and that’s the…
“I think the ill-tempered and venal quality of my true self is reflected.â€
“I think the ill-tempered and venal quality of my true self is reflected.” (BETTE MIDLER, half-joking about the semi-autobiographical character…
“I opened the door for trashy singers with bad taste and big tits!â€
“I opened the door for trashy singers with bad taste and big tits!” (Kiss My Brass, 2004)
I did my best work there (for the movie, “The Roseâ€)…
“I did my best work there.(for the movie, “The Rose” It was a time all my dreams were coming true,”…
I’ve become a good citizen, raised a beautiful daughter…
“I’ve become a good citizen, raised a beautiful daughter, helped a lot in New York City (working with the New…
I consider myself a New Yorker…
I consider myself a New Yorker. I’ve had a lot of good times in New York, and I’ve had a…
I put up a wonderful front in A View from A Broad and I’m proud of it…
I put up a wonderful front in A View from A Broad and I’m proud of it. Writers should embroider…
It’s best not to be too pompous about yourself…
It’s best not to be too pompous about yourself,” she says. “It’s better not to need a limousine for your…