229 Quotes by Lauren Bacall

You can’t start worrying about what’s going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what’s happening now.

I’m crazy enough to believe in taking chances in every way, in making choices and gambling with your life. That’s the kind of gambling I believe in.

My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I’ve ever known. She didn’t have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn’t tough at all.

As long as I can walk and talk, I’ll try almost anything. I say “almost” because the high wire is definitely out.

People should tell your children what life is all about – it’s about work...

There are guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we’ve done that, been there, and we don’t want to do that any more.

If goodness is its own reward, shouldn’t we get a little something for being naughty?

Stardom isn’t a profession, it’s an accident.

How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That’s what love does, it changes everything.