A sure way to lose happiness I found is to want it at the expense of everything else.

— Bette Davis

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

— Bette Davis

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

— 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

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

— Bette Davis

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love there is no such thing as being too tough with a child.

— Bette Davis

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

— Bette Davis

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

— Bette Davis

I'd love to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

— Bette Davis

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.

— Bette Davis