229 Quotes by Lauren Bacall

I was this flat-chested, big-footed, lanky thing.

You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.

I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you’re a New Yorker? The world doesn’t owe you a damn thing.

I like to work with really good professional people – anyone with real talent.

If you want me just whistle. You know how to whistle don’t you? Just put your lips together and blow.

It’s not an old movie if you haven’t seen it.

I’m total, total, total liberal and proud of it.

Men need to feel important. They feel better when they’re with younger girls or unknown girls.

I don’t think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don’t look it.