Tallulah Bankhead Quotes

Quotes

  • "Codeine...bourbon..."
    (Last words) [1968]
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • "Don`t think this has taught me a lesson!"
    (After an emergency hysterectomy caused by gonorrhea) [1933]
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That`s what I call a liberal education.
    (brainyquote.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • I Was there in the South of France When Zelda [Fitzgerald], poor darling, went off her head. She had gone into a flower shop and suddenly for her all the flowers had faces. Of course, some flowers, such as pansies, *do* have faces.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • If you want to help the American theater, don`t be a performer--be an audience.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Don`t think I don`t know who`s been spreading gossip about me . . . After all the nice things I`ve said about that hag [Bette Davis]. When I get hold of her, I`ll tear out every hair of her mustache!
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • If I had to live my life again, I`d make the same mistakes, only sooner.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • The only man in theater who can count on steady work is the night watchman.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That`s what I call a liberal education.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Cocaine isn`t habit-forming. I should know - I`ve been using it for years.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah`s husband. It`s tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Acting is a form of confusion.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Say anything about me, dahling, as long as it isn`t boring.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Here`s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • I`ve tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • It`s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • On why she called everyone "dahling": "Because all my life I`ve been terrible at remembering people`s names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive."
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • On seeing a former lover for the first time in years: "I thought I told you to wait in the car."
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • Earl Wilson: "Have you ever been mistaken for a man on the telephone?" Tallulah: "No, have you?"
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I`d make the same mistakes, only sooner.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • I`m as pure as the driven slush.
    (quotationspage.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water - I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
    (imdb.com)
    Posted by Editor wdwdemo
  • “I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.”
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “I`ve been called many things, but never an intellectual.”
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don`t have time.”
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “I`ve tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.”
    Sex
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there`s no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.”
    OTHER
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That`s what I call a liberal education.”
    Education
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “My heart is as pure as the driven slush."
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “There is less in this than meets the eye”
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “Cocaine isn`t habit forming. I should know-I`ve been using it for years.”
    OTHER
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “I`d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.”
    OTHER
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”
    Movies
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “If I had to live my life again, I`d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
    Experience
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
    Life
    Posted by Star Editor doren
  • “The less I behave like Whistler`s mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.”
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “It`s one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.”
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “I`ve been called many things, but never an intellectual".
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “I`m as pure as the driven slush".
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “What`s wrong dahling? Can`t you recognize me with my clothes on?"
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • "No darling but I`d love some of your TWA tea".
    (When asked if she wanted TWA coffee)
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • "I was raped in our driveway when I was eleven. You know darling, it was a terrible experience because we had all that gravel".
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “Cocaine isn`t habit-forming. I should know - I`ve been using it for years.”
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “I`ve tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.”
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “It`s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.”
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • “I`ll come and make love to you at five o`clock. If I`m late, start without me”.
    Posted by Star Editor ImmortalChao
  • My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine
    Posted by Chief Editor crown022002
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