--- title: "16 Way Quotes By Bette Midler" description: "16 Way quotes by Bette Midler. Plus more from Bette Midler and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/bette-midler-1976_divinity_i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity-14146_1414677.jpg" --- > [I'm working my way toward divinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/bette-midler-1976_divinity_i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity-14146_1414677.jpg) > [I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-fear-for-the-future-of-the-planet-but-in-a-funny-way-i-m-even/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/bette-midler-1976_fear_i-fear-for-the-future-of-the-planet-but_2183535.jpg) > [I haven't left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-haven-t-left-my-house-in-days-i-watch-the-news-channels-incessantly/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/bette-midler-1976_election_i-haven-t-left-my-house-in-days-i-watch_1564904.jpg) > [The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/the-internet-has-changed-everything-people-will-be-discovered-online/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/bette-midler-1976_changed_the-internet-has-changed-everything-peop_2889351.jpg) > [My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/my-husband-calls-it-winging-it-the-way-i-just-took-what-the-studios/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/bette-midler-1976_avoided_my-husband-calls-it-winging-it-the-way-i_1219009.jpg) > [ If they \[at the audition\] don't like the way you sound they won't buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/if-they-at-the-audition-don-t-like-the-way-you-sound-they-won-t-buy/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/bette-midler-1976_ass_if-they-at-the-audition-don-t-like-the-w_60210.jpg) > [Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/self-esteem-is-something-you-have-to-earn-the-only-way-to-achieve/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/bette-midler-1976_achieve_self-esteem-is-something-you-have-to-ear_843121.jpg) > [I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-hope-to-keep-entertaining-in-some-way-until-i-can-t-physically/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/bette-midler-1976_born_i-hope-to-keep-entertaining-in-some-way_511113.jpg) > [There's the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there's the universe that you actually inhabit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/there-s-the-media-driven-universe-in-which-the-public-perceives-you/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/bette-midler-1976_crap_there-s-the-media-driven-universe-in-whi_1055553.jpg) > [A person's life is a journey, a road. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/a-person-s-life-is-a-journey-a-road-sometimes-you-go-off-the-road-and/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/bette-midler-1976_journey_a-person-s-life-is-a-journey-a-road-some_1640272.jpg) > [Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/twenty-seven-people-sang-wind-beneath-my-wings-before-i-got-around-to/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/bette-midler-1976_beach_twenty-seven-people-sang-wind-beneath-my_1558551.jpg) > [When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/when-i-turned-50-i-threw-myself-a-big-birthday-party-and-i-looked/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/bette-midler-1976_ask-yourself_when-i-turned-50-i-threw-myself-a-big-bi_343754.jpg) > [ The first time I saw a picture of \[fabled actress\] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/the-first-time-i-saw-a-picture-of-fabled-actress-ethel-barrymore-she/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/bette-midler-1976_actresses_the-first-time-i-saw-a-picture-of-fabled_408548.jpg) > [I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-had-no-idea-of-being-a-star-all-i-knew-was-that-i-wanted-to-be-a/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/bette-midler-1976_actresses_i-had-no-idea-of-being-a-star-all-i-knew_1731422.jpg) > [I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-decided-years-ago-not-to-read-stories-about-myself-anymore-each-one/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/bette-midler-1976_bounds_i-decided-years-ago-not-to-read-stories_130246.jpg) > [When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/when-i-finally-did-stop-and-look-at-my-life-i-realized-that-i-had/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/bette-midler-1976_chosen_when-i-finally-did-stop-and-look-at-my-l_1621031.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Bette Midler > [If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/if-i-could-be-granted-a-wish-i-d-shine-in-your-eye-like-a-jewel/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-firmly-believe-that-with-the-right-footwear-one-can-rule-the-world/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/you-can-t-just-have-a-clean-public-space-you-also-have-to-have-people/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-read-neither-good-nor-bad-about-me-i-let-it-not-even-in-my-life-so/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/if-they-at-the-audition-don-t-like-the-way-you-sound-they-won-t-buy/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/the-old-forms-of-entertainment-are-not-extinct-live-performances-are/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/it-s-the-heart-afraid-of-breaking-that-never-learns-to-dance-it-is/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-made-a-pact-with-myself-a-long-time-ago-never-watch-anything/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/it-s-the-one-who-won-t-be-taken-that-cannot-seem-to-give-and-the-soul/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/culturally-it-s-very-hard-to-change-people-s-attitudes-about-public/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [As you age, feelings do diminish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/as-you-age-feelings-do-diminish/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-decided-years-ago-not-to-read-stories-about-myself-anymore-each-one/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/sometimes-my-brain-goes-on-cd-shuffle-you-know-you-put-a-bunch-of-cd/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-come-from-an-overly-confident-place-but-i-m-overconfident-because/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) > [My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/my-idea-of-superwoman-is-someone-who-scrubs-her-own-floors/) [Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/bette-midler/#itemlist", "name": "16 Way Quotes By Bette Midler", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm working my way toward divinity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bette Midler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/bette-midler-1976_divinity_i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity-14146_1414677.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/bette-midler-1976_divinity_i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity-14146_1414677.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/bette-midler-1976_divinity_i-m-working-my-way-toward-divinity-14146_1414677.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm working my way toward divinity.” — Bette Midler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I fear for the future of the planet. 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