Lauren Bacall Quotes (27 Quotes)

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.

I am essentially a loner.

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.

They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

I'm not the public.

I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident.

A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?

The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a nice Jewish girl -- what a burden.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve You just put your lips together and blow.'

If you need me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you Steve Just put your lips together and blow.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.