When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
Bette MidlerThank 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 MidlerIt's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
Bette MidlerTwenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.
Bette Midler