You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.
Bette MidlerThat's the Oscars for ya - you remember who was nominated, but you don't remember who won!
Bette MidlerWhat 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 MidlerThere comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
Bette Midler