Quotes by Bette Midler

About Bette Midler:

Bette Midler is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. In a career spanning almost half a century, Midler has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide and along with that has also received four Gold, three Platinum and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

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

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

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

Bette Midler

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world. That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.

Bette Midler

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

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

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

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

I'm working my way toward divinity.

Bette Midler

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

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

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

Bette Midler

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

Bette Midler

Author Bio

  • NameBette Midler
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter, actress, comedian and film producer
  • AliasesThe Divine Miss M
  • BornDecember 1, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Singer; Musician
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award; Grammy Award For Best New Artist