Tallulah Bankhead
television actor, film actor, autobiographer, stage actor
Read on Wikipedia1902 – 1968
All Quotes by Tallulah Bankhead
“The cynic says "blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." I say "blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed."”
“I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.”
“Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have the time.”
“I was raped in a driveway when I was eleven. … It was a terrible experience because we had all that gravel.”
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water — I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
“No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.”
“I'm as pure as the driven slush.”
“It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work — the night watchman.”
“The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.”
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.”
“Here's a rule I recommend. Never practice two vices at once.”
“If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.”
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
“Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."”
“Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know — I've been using it for years.”
“There's less in this than meets the eye.”
“Codeine...bourbon...”
“My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.”
“I've tried several varieties of sex. Going down on a woman gives me a stiff neck, going down on a man gives me lockjaw, and conventional sex gives me claustrophobia.”
“I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me.”
“I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.”
“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.”
“If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.”