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

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

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

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

Bette Midler quotes: After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

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

Bette Midler quotes: Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

Bette Midler quotes: Enough about me. What do you think about me?

Enough about me. What do you think about me?

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

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

Bette Midler quotes: Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.

Bette Midler quotes: Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

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

Bette Midler quotes: You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.

You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.

Bette Midler quotes: I want it all - and I would like it delivered.

I want it all - and I would like it delivered.

Bette Midler quotes: Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.

Bette Midler quotes: The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

Bette Midler quotes: People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

Bette Midler quotes: I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.

I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.

Bette Midler quotes: Find your Light; They can't love you if they can't see you

Find your Light; They can't love you if they can't see you

Bette Midler quotes: A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.

A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.

Bette Midler quotes: I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

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

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

Bette Midler quotes: If you wants something done, you'd better do it yourself - or ask another woman to do it.

If you wants something done, you'd better do it yourself - or ask another woman to do it.

Bette Midler quotes: If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

Bette Midler quotes: I never know how much of what I say is true.

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

Bette Midler quotes: The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.

The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.

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

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

Bette Midler quotes: When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.

When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.

Bette Midler quotes: When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel.

When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel.

Bette Midler quotes: I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.

I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.

Bette Midler quotes: The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

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

Bette Midler quotes: Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!

Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!

Bette Midler quotes: [On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage ...

[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage ...

Bette Midler quotes: I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

Bette Midler quotes: I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

Bette Midler quotes: The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.

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

Bette Midler quotes: I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

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

Bette Midler quotes: Men's brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.

Men's brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.

Bette Midler quotes: [On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.

[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.

Bette Midler quotes: I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.

Bette Midler quotes: GOD is watching us, from a Distance ...

GOD is watching us, from a Distance ...

Bette Midler quotes: When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.

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

Bette Midler quotes: I've always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.

I've always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.

Bette Midler quotes: Cherish forever what makes you unique, cuz you're really a yawn if it goes

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

Bette Midler quotes: Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.

Bette Midler quotes: I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.

I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses' plastic surgery.

Bette Midler quotes: I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

Bette Midler quotes: There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

Bette Midler quotes: If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.

Bette Midler quotes: Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.

Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.

Bette Midler quotes: I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

Bette Midler quotes: My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

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

Bette Midler quotes: If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.

If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.

Bette Midler quotes: 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.

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.

Bette Midler quotes: Total contentment is only for cows.

Total contentment is only for cows.

Bette Midler quotes: I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.

I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.

Bette Midler quotes: If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life.

If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life.

Bette Midler quotes: Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.

Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.

Bette Midler quotes: 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?

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?

Bette Midler quotes: The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

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

Bette Midler quotes: If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

Bette Midler quotes: Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Bette Midler quotes: Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

Bette Midler quotes: I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?

I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?

Bette Midler quotes: I'm working my way toward divinity.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

Bette Midler quotes: I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.

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

Bette Midler quotes: I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

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

Bette Midler quotes: I sold my soul to rock and roll.

I sold my soul to rock and roll.

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

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

Bette Midler quotes: I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening ... that's the art.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening ... that's the art.

Bette Midler quotes: I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'

I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'

Bette Midler quotes: I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.

I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.

Bette Midler quotes: Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose.

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose.

Bette Midler quotes: The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.

The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.

Bette Midler quotes: My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.

My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.

Bette Midler quotes: Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down?

Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down?

Bette Midler quotes: Melbourne is the kind of town that really makes you consider the question 'Is there life after death?

Melbourne is the kind of town that really makes you consider the question 'Is there life after death?

Bette Midler quotes: I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time.

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

Bette Midler quotes: I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

Bette Midler quotes: Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

Bette Midler quotes: Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.

Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.

Bette Midler quotes: A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

Bette Midler quotes: The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.

The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.

Bette Midler quotes: All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.

All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.