Quotes by Lauren Bacall

“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.”

“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”

“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.”

“How many women do we know who were continually kissed by Clark Gable, William Powell, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March? Only one: Myrna Loy... And to meet whom did Franklin D. Roosevelt ...”

“You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you’re a New Yorker? The world doesn’t owe ...”

“She's not a legend. She's a beginner. What is this 'legend'? She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. She can't be a legend, you have to be older.”

“Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.”

“The people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because th...”

“I was Betty Bacall always. And Lauren was Howard Hawks... he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a Svengali. He wanted to mold me. He w...”

“Bacall: I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it. Even though...”

“King: Wait a minute. Are you a liberal? Bacall: I'm a liberal. The L word! King: Egads! Bacall: … I love it. Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone whe...”

“Losing Bogey was horrible, obviously. Because he was young. And because he gave me my life. I wouldn't have had a — I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't met him — I would have ha...”

“Well, his attention span was not long, shall we say.”

“I love Nicole. Nicole and I happen to be very great friends. Besides that, the press never get it straight. They do not print what you say... We were in Venice for Birth at the Venice Film Festival...”

“She's not a legend, Bacall said. She can't be a legend at whatever age she is. … You have to be older.”

“A planned life is a dead life.”

“I went to a sneak preview... I was sort of stunned by it, because you don't realize what you've done. I never knew what was going to happen, but they knew. Warners knew, and Howard knew.”

“[B]adly, playing the Missouri Waltz, or something.”

“That's absolutely one of my most favorite movies, for so many reasons. I fought for that part; I wanted it badly. I took a lower salary, I did everything. Grace Kelly said, I'll never forgive you f...”