Tallulah Bankhead Quotes

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as more

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.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a more

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work more

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Cocaine isn't habit-forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Cocaine isn't habit-forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.