Bette Davis All About Eve Quotes & Sayings

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. — Martin Sheen

The whole universe is contained within a single human being - you. Everything that you see around, including the things you might not be fond of and even the people you despise or abhor, is present within you in varying degrees. Therefore, do not look for Sheitan outside yourself either. The devil is not an extraordinary force that attacks from without. It is an ordinary voice within. If you get to know yourself fully, facing with honesty and hardness both your dark and bright sides, you will arrive at a
supreme form of consciousness. When a person knows himself or herself, he or she knows God. — Elif Shafak

Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & blinding all over the place. And crying. Her director rushes into her house, puts his arms around her & says, "I ran all the way". That's what I want. — Martha Grimes

Because she had always been happy, she wanted everyone about her to be happy or, at least, pleased with themselves. To this end, she always saw the best in everyone and remarked kindly upon it. There was no servant so stupid that she did not find some redeeming trait of loyalty and kind-heartedness, no girl so ugly and disagreeable that she could not discover grace of form or nobility of character in her, and no man so worthless or so boring that she did not view him in the light of his possibilities rather than his actualities. Because of these qualities that came sincerely and spontaneously from a generous heart, everyone flocked about her, for who can resist the charm of one who discovers in others admirable qualities undreamed of even by himself? — Margaret Mitchell

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops. — Lynda Obst

I'm not a big sports fan. — Harlan Coben

There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it. — Alicia Keys

No matter how high the odds are stacked against you, you will never know the outcome unless you give it your best shot to tip the scales. — Riana Rain

Criminally young, he charged, and I can't argue. But I can change. — Karen Marie Moning

Loneliness remembers what happiness forgets — Hal David

One in ten adults will attempt suicide, and one in five will suffer from depression. — Russ Harris

I was not 15 anymore, and choices no longer had that same clear, bright edge to them. — Geraldine Brooks

I am too good for philosophy and not good enough for physics. Mathematics is in between. — George Polya

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. — William Shakespeare

Funny business, a woman's career. The things you drop on your way up the ladder
so you can move faster
you forget you'll need them when you go back to being a woman. That's one career all females have in common whether we like it or not. Being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter what other careers we've had or wanted. And in the last analysis nothing is any good unless you can look up just before dinner
or turn around in bed
and there he is. Without that you're not a woman. You're someone with a French provincial office
or a book full of clippings. But you're not a woman. Slow curtain. The end. (from "All About Eve") — Bette Davis

Bette Davis, she was so brilliant and one of my heroes, but she worked a ton, and then she didn't get All About Eve [1950] until the last minute. Claudette Colbert was supposed to be Margo Channing, but then she broke her back and couldn't do it. That allowed Davis to play her age. — Winona Ryder

I don't give a crap about clowns. — Blake Shelton

Sophie shook her head, completely unable to speak. Posy had knocked her breath clear to Scotland. — Julia Quinn