--- title: "8 Married Quotes By Lauren Bacall" description: "8 Married quotes by Lauren Bacall. Plus more from Lauren Bacall and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/lauren-bacall-2297_being-married_i-would-hate-now-to-be-married-it-does-o_1101638.png" --- > [I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-would-hate-now-to-be-married-it-does-occur-to-me-on-occasion-that/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/lauren-bacall-2297_being-married_i-would-hate-now-to-be-married-it-does-o_1101638.png) > [The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/the-big-rule-is-that-you-must-never-get-mixed-up-with-a-married-man/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/lauren-bacall-2297_another_the-big-rule-is-that-you-must-never-get_1210753.png) > [ You had to stay awake married to him \[Humphrey Bogart\]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/you-had-to-stay-awake-married-to-him-humphrey-bogart-every-time-i/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/lauren-bacall-2297_awake_you-had-to-stay-awake-married-to-him-hum_1653959.jpg) > [My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/my-son-tells-me-do-you-realize-you-are-the-last-one-the-last-person/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/lauren-bacall-2297_age_my-son-tells-me-do-you-realize-you-are-t_2277566.jpg) > [I fairly often have thought how lucky I was. I knew everybody because I was married to Bogie, and that 25-year difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-fairly-often-have-thought-how-lucky-i-was-i-knew-everybody-because/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/lauren-bacall-2297_differences_i-fairly-often-have-thought-how-lucky-i_2376422.png) > [The reason you get married is to be together, not to be separated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/the-reason-you-get-married-is-to-be-together-not-to-be-separated/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/lauren-bacall-2297_intelligence_the-reason-you-get-married-is-to-be-toge_2393508.png) > [I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-never-believed-marriage-was-a-lasting-institution-i-thought-that-to/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/lauren-bacall-2297_being-married_i-never-believed-marriage-was-a-lasting_2618869.png) > [Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/young-people-even-in-hollywood-ask-me-were-you-really-married-to/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/lauren-bacall-2297_ask-me_young-people-even-in-hollywood-ask-me-we_2697727.png) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Lauren Bacall > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/no-i-don-t-like-legend-i-mean-i-don-t-like-the-category-and-to-begin/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/losing-bogey-was-horrible-obviously-because-he-was-young-and-because/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/very-few-people-want-to-hear-the-truth-bogie-was-like-that-my-mother/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-great-actress-i-m-just-trying-to-stay-alive/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-wasn-t-brought-up-as-a-society-girl-to-go-to-balls-and-be-a/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/he-named-me-he-liked-the-sound-of-it-and-i-said-well-all-right-i-felt/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-like-to-work-with-really-good-professional-people-anyone-with-real/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/film-is-not-a-woman-s-medium-if-you-weren-t-the-hottest-kid-in-town/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/imagination-is-the-highest-kite-one-can-fly/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-finally-felt-that-i-came-into-my-own-when-i-went-on-the-stage/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/it-s-inappropriate-and-vulgar-and-absolutely-unacceptable-to-use-your/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-suppose-there-are-times-when-i-can-t-believe-that-i-ve-lived-the/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [I have made mistakes in the past and been in movies that really weren't good, and that I needed the money at the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/i-have-made-mistakes-in-the-past-and-been-in-movies-that-really-weren/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [ Everything in this country \[the US\] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/everything-in-this-country-the-us-has-got-to-be-good-looks-and/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) > [In actual fact, I've never been one, even from childhood, to kind of analyze myself very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/in-actual-fact-i-ve-never-been-one-even-from-childhood-to-kind-of/) [Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/lauren-bacall/#itemlist", "name": "8 Married Quotes By Lauren Bacall", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would hate now to be married. 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