Bette Midler Quotes (24 Quotes)

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

It's the heart afraid of dying, that never learns to dance It's the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live.

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

I never know how much of what I say is true.

I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time.

The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, ''I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice''

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.