All these children [who did not have music and art classes at school] go out into the world without knowing that there… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. Education is my next big thing. When music… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
If they [at the audition] don't like the way you sound they won't buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
It's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound to take… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image