Quotes by Lauren Bacall

“Its inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think its kind of a sickness.”

“I have a built-in antenna.”

“I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.”

“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”

“A woman who pretends to laugh at love is like a child who sings at night when he is afraid”

But the amazing thing about life, Ive finally discovered, is that you really dont 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.

Looking at yourself in a mirror isnt exactly a study of life.

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.

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 dont sit around thinking that Id like to have another husband only another man would make me think that way.

People should tell their children what life is all about-its about work.

You cant start worrying about whats going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about whats happening now.

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.

Ive always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.