Quotes from Bette Midler

Find your Light; They can't love you if they can't see you

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose.

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

"If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier."

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister Act' movie, but I said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.' I literally said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.'

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.

The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.

I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.

I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.