They used to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum.

Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

Topics: Funny Quotes, Hollywood Quotes

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...