Bette Midler

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

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.…

— Bette Midler

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

— Bette Midler

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

— Bette Midler

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world.

— Bette Midler

That's the Oscars for ya - you remember who was nominated, but you don't remember who won!

— Bette Midler

I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?

— Bette Midler

The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.

— Bette Midler

I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister…

— Bette Midler

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

— Bette Midler

The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.

— Bette Midler

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse…

— Bette Midler

When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.

— Bette Midler

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.

— Bette Midler

I'm not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but…

— Bette Midler

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring…

— Bette Midler

I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.

— Bette Midler

The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women…

— Bette Midler

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

— Bette Midler

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to…

— Bette Midler

Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.

— Bette Midler

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

— Bette Midler

Enough about me. What do you think about me?

— Bette Midler

I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried…

— Bette Midler

I want it all - and I would like it delivered.

— Bette Midler