Quotes by Lauren Bacall

“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If youre alive, it isnt.”

“Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.”

“But the amazing thing about life, I've finally discovered, is that you really don't learn from past mistakes. You do logically, reasonably, but emotionally not for a second.”

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”

“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.”

“Childhood anxieties, childhood fears, never disappear entirely. They fade, but not away.”

“A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.”

“Patience was not my strong point.”

“We live in an age of mediocrity.”

“I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.”

“When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell...”

“I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be ind...”

“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.”

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.”

“I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.”

“I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of "The Look."”

“I figure if I have my health can pay the rent and I have my friends I call it "content."”

“I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband only another man would make me think that way.”

“People should tell their children what life is all about-it's about work.”

“You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.”