Grable Quotes & Sayings

I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them. — Betty Grable

I can taste a meal and tell you every spice that's in there. I have taste buds like Betty Grable's legs - they should be insured with Lloyd's of London. — Lynda Resnick

I'm strictly an enlisted man's girl. — Betty Grable

For some reason, the movies in the '40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the '40s, and I don't necessarily know why. I just love the people. — Robert Osborne

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night. — Betty Grable

As a dancer I couldn't outdance Ginger Rogers or Eleanor Powell. As a singer I'm no rival to Doris Day. As an actress I don't take myself seriously ... I'm the girl the truck drivers love. — Betty Grable

I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair. — Veronica Lake

When I grew up, you wanted to look like Marlene Dietrich, Betty Grable. Fortunately, I didn't know that I really wanted to look like Lena Horne. When I grew up ... black stars were stigmatized. Nobody wanted to look like Lena Horne. — Dorian Corey

I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents. — Betty Grable

The woman's vision is deep and reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman, the heart is her world. — Betty Grable

The pinup girl, Betty Grable, sprayed her bare butt and breasts with hairspray until they were wet. That way the top and bottom of her swimsuit
stayed glued where she wanted. Hairspray inside your high heels works the same way. — Chuck Palahniuk

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them. — Betty Grable

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned. — Grace Slick

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. — Betty Grable

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there. — Betty Grable