Bette Davis

"If love is your experience, then it is the most important thing in your life."

"I like my money right where I can see it—hanging in my closet."

"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her own skin."

"Legends are people who are still talked about fifty years after they're gone."

"The act of polishing a performance is important."

"I think that's what an artist should do all their life, create."

"Getting old is not for the faint of heart."

"The best time to make friends is before you need them."

"Age is a very high price for maturity."

"Meanness is a disease. Do not catch it."

"I can't imagine going on when there are no more surprises."

"Every human being has, like the snail, an outward shell, yet is, like the snail, vulnerable."

"Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral."

"I will not phone you. I'll just think of you and you'll feel it."

"Holding onto resentment is poison to one's peace of mind."

"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars."

"Fasten your seatbelt, it's going to be a bumpy ride."

"The only thing that matters is that you do good work."

"I do not regret one moment of my life."

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."

"The key word to longevity is variety."

"I've been in this business so long, if you offered me a policeman's role, I'd play it."

"Time is a waste of money."

"Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger women."

"I will not be pushed, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."

"Any woman can have the body of a 21-year-old. All she has to do is give him a lot of money."

"The world wants to know what I think about everything."

"Love is a vital passion."

"I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me."

"If you want a place in the sun, you have to put up with a few blisters."