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
One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn't want to stop singing,… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted… — 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