Bette Davis

Bette Davis Quotes and Sayings


Bette Davis The Lonely Life, 1962

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. ~Bette Davis

This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. ~Bette Davis

It 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. ~Bette Davis

I 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. ~Bette Davis

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. ~Bette Davis

There 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. ~Bette Davis