Lauren Bacall Quotes

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

One thing I am convinced of is that the more you do, the more you can do.

I am not a has-been. I am a will-be.

If goodness is its own reward, shouldn't we get a little something for being naughty?

In the world of relationships, possibly the most complicated, uncommon, hard to find, hard to keep and most rewarding has got to be friendship.

Yes, I saw Twilight - my granddaughter made me watch it, she said it was the greatest vampire film ever. After the 'film' was over I wanted to smack her across her head with my shoe, but I do not want a (tell-all) book called Grannie Dearest written on me when I die. So instead I gave her a DVD of Murnau's 1922 masterpiece Nosferatu and told her, 'Now that's a vampire film!' And that goes for all of you! Watch Nosferatu instead!

You spend a good part of your adult life acquiring things: building a home, filling it with objects that please your eye and make you feel comfortable. Then you spend the last part of your life trying to figure out how to get rid of it all.

Growing up takes longer than you think.

You learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you're a New Yorker? The world doesn't owe you a damn thing.

Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband

It's not an old movie if you haven't seen it.

How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That's what love does, it changes everything.

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.

Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

The best things in life are clean living, good works, and big saphires. And not in that order.

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant.

Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.