I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I think I'm damn lucky. I'm lucky that my kids are all straight, that they haven't ended up in jail, that they're… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head,… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted,… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
No, I don't like legend. I mean, I don't like the category. And to begin with, to me, a legend is something that is… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Losing Bogey was horrible, obviously. Because he was young. And because he gave me my life. I wouldn't have had a - I don't… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly,… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
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. — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I suppose there are times when I can't believe that I've lived the way that I have and done the things that I've done.… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
![“You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted, he'd buck. There was no way to predict his reactions, no matter how well I knew him. As he'd said before our wedding, he expected to be happily married and stay that way, but he…” quote by Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/441/lauren-bacall-2297_awake_you-had-to-stay-awake-married-to-him-hum_1653959.jpg)
