Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

- Bette Davis

Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and …

- Bette Davis

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

- Bette Davis

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

- Bette Davis

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

- Bette Davis

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

- Bette Davis

If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.

- Bette Davis

Getting old is not for sissies.

- Bette Davis

If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.

- Bette Davis