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13 quotations by Bette Davis

QuoteTo fulfill a dream, to be allowed to seat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.Quote

QuoteTo fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life.Quote

QuoteI 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.Quote

QuoteThis became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.Quote

QuoteMy passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today I knew it then as purpose.Quote

QuoteI do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.Quote

QuoteIt 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.Quote

QuoteThere are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.Quote

QuoteLove is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.Quote

QuoteI 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.Quote

QuotePleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.Quote

QuoteWithout wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.Quote

QuoteIf you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.Quote