Bette Midler Quotes
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces.
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment.
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I'm working my way toward divinity.
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My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.
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I believe that Judy Garland's artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: 'oh, she brought so much of her life to her music', I don't really believe that. I believe that she didn't have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating - and then only by waiters.