Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone-but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

Quote by Bette Davis

Topics: Bette Davis Quotes

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packed...

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packed...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it...

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it...

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...