Lucinda > Lucinda's Quotes

“Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

“I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
― Bette Davis

“There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.”
― Bette Davis

“If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”
― Bette Davis

“It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.”
― Bette Davis

“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.”
― Bette Davis

“Old age ain't no place for sissies.”
― Bette Davis

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

“Everybody has a heart. Except some people.”
― Bette Davis

“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”
― Bette Davis

“I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.”
― Bette Davis

“You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.”
― Bette Davis

“If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.”
― Bette Davis

“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.”
― Bette Davis

“Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn't know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.”
― Bette Davis, This 'n That