Bette Midler Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I spend my own money, not other people's money.
-
If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
-
God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
-
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
-
Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
-
Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
-
The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
-
I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
-
The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
-
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
-
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
-
I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
-
I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
-
I've always been a very prolific writer.
-
When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
-
I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
-
I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
-
We grow small trying to be great.
-
I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.
-
I was not addicted to stealing in my youth, nor have ever been; yet such was the confidence of the Negroes in the neighborhood, even at this early period of my life, in my superior judgment, that they would often carry me with them when they were going on any roguery, to plan for them.
-
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
-
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.
-
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.
