Midler Quotes & Sayings

If you wants something done, you'd better do it yourself - or ask another woman to do it. — Bette Midler

I never know how much of what I say is true. — Bette Midler

If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything. — Bette Midler

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. — Bette Midler

The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling. — Bette Midler

Brent waited for a moment, to see if he could hear anything on the other side of the door, but only silence greeted him. He felt a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off. Couldn't focus on anything but getting through to her. "What do I need to do, baby? Do you want me to sing 'Wind Beneath My Wings'? I'll do it. I'll deafen everyone in this building if that's what you want." When the silence remained, Brent's head dropped against the door with a curse. "You're really going to make me do this, aren't you?" Then he gave Bette Midler a run for her money. — Tessa Bailey

Appearance over substance was a cultural theme in China — Paul Midler

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try. — Bette Midler

I worked with Dionne Warwick, did shows with Bette Midler, and then I did the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Springsteen at the Garden. It was all important stuff because you want people to know you can work, you can sing, and you can still look good! — Darlene Love

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. — Bette Midler

I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part. — Bette Midler

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

Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me. — Bette Midler

Tracy Ullman, I grew up watching her shows and standup and improv and specials. Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg. They inspire me to do it all. I always wanted to do it all; I never wanted to be put in a box. — Bresha Webb

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession. — Bette Midler

Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down? — Bette Midler

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best. — Bette Midler

From a distance the world looks blue and green,
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
and the eagle takes to flight.
From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man — Bette Midler

I sold my soul to rock and roll. — Bette Midler

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

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

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. — Bette Midler

If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life. — Bette Midler

The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick. — 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 am very sensitive. — 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 five nights a week. — Bette Midler

Enough about me. What do you think about me? — Bette Midler

My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That's what I figured. I have always paid my own bills. — Bette Midler

I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes. — 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 becomes a rose. — Bette Midler

Any of Bette Midler's concerts should be required viewing for every actor/performer. She has the audience in the palm of her hands at all times and can switch emotions on a dime: Great singer, great actress, great comedian - fearless. — Bryan Batt

The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home. — Bette Midler

Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities and that's why I'm on TV. I wasn't going to sit around anymore, waiting patiently for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place- I've always done that. — Bette Midler

[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage ... — Bette Midler

Find your Light; They can't love you if they can't see you — 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 and tried but I couldn't get into science ... or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in. — Bette Midler

I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time. — Bette Midler

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

My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor. — Bette Midler

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

Before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison. — Bette Midler

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer. — Bette Midler

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own - and I realized that there was another world. That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. — Bette Midler

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential. — Bette Midler

It's the Point of Your View that Decides What You See - / One Man's Flop Is Another Man's Hit. / From Manners to Movies, the Picture Keeps Changing / Depending Upon Where You Sit. — Bette Midler

I want it all - and I would like it delivered. — Bette Midler

They always threw their arms around and hugged me while crying our Yiddish endearments. Yet none of them believed in God. They believed in social justice, good works, Israel, and Bette Midler. I was nearly thirty before I met a religious Jew. — Anne Lamott

Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie. — Bette Midler

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them. — 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 belonging to the human race. — Bette Midler

I remember everything,' Bette Midler flatly notes. 'But you know how in life, you tend to hold grudges? Well, I don't do that any more. Bad, bad stuff. I did as a young person, but it just wore me out. Oh, it really did! How many times can you wake up in the middle of the night gnashing your teeth? It's so boring. Give it up! — Antonella Gambotto-Burke

I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot. — Bette Midler

A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment. — Vesta Williams

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite. — Bette Midler

What I have in me ... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive ... it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself. — Bette Midler

Engineers knew precisely what each part should look like, and there was a small surprise when the supplier was found to be taking metal out of certain components. One key part that weighed about 48 kilograms was coming in at less than 90 percent of its intended weight. The factory had taken the weight reduction as a cost savings for itself and had passed only the resulting product risk on to Build — Paul Midler

You foreigners," he said. "You come to China and complain about the
pollution, but I don't know why." He then gestured at the blurred
landscape around us. "To me, this place smells like money. — Paul Midler

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains. — Bette Midler

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own. — Bette Midler

Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft. — Bette Midler

A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be. — Bette Midler

All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows. — Bette Midler

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice? — 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 the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me. — Bette Midler

I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness. — Ana Gasteyer

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music. — Bette Midler

If you do a musical, it's really thrilling and it's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding. I would say, for me, what I like best is what I do, which is, I call it vaudeville, I call it live, I call it in concert, I call it what Bette Midler does, and what Garland did for years, and Ethel Merman. — Debbie Reynolds

China manufacturing was a game played on a field without referees. — Paul Midler

I kind of wanted to be a waitress in New York City. I thought it was fun and glamorous in its own way. Like in the movie 'Beaches,' when Bette Midler is banging on the radiator, and it's cold, and she's poor. I kind of thought that would be fun to be, like, a poor, struggling actor. — Kether Donohue

I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn. — Bette Midler

For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating - and then only by waiters. — Bette Midler

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes. — Bette Midler

Zealots are rarely ever weakened by disbelievers; in fact, they are encouraged by them. — Paul Midler

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. — Bette Midler

They believed that the customer's exact wishes mattered only as far as they were necessary to capture the initial order. Beyond that, they figured, what an importer didn't know couldn't hurt it. — Paul Midler

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me. — Bette Midler

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at. — Bette Midler

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful. — Bette Midler

I met Bette Midler, who I absolutely love. — Lesley Nicol

You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not. — Bette Midler

I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close - a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac. — Bette Midler

I'm working my way toward divinity. — Bette Midler

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed. — Bette Midler

My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that let's you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap. — Bette Midler

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French. — Bette Midler

Most people are awestruck when they see Lady Gaga and Bette Midler, but then the queen comes in. — Jake Shimabukuro

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

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London. — Bette Midler

Men's brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises. — Bette Midler

As an actor, you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts. — Bette Midler

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. — Bette Midler

I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs. — Mandy Moore

The only street I like is Rue Honore de Balzac, because 'Balzac' sound so gay, and I love my gays. I might like Parisians more if they named their streets only for gay icons, like Rue Liza Minnelli or Rue Bette Midler or, my favorite, Rue McClanahan. — Joan Rivers

The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career. — Bette Midler

I believe that Judy Garland's artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: 'oh, she brought so much of her life to her music', I don't really believe that. I believe that she didn't have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift. — Bette Midler

I haven't left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis.
Election, erection, election, erection!
Either way we're screwed! — Bette Midler

I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease. — Bette Midler

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it? — Bette Midler

Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk! — Bette Midler