229 Quotes by Lauren Bacall

My every dream and hope, and far beyond, were to be realized. I couldn’t have wished for a man as incredibly good as this man was. And even so I didn’t realize every quality of Bogie’s on that day. He was to surprise and delight me continually in the ensuing years.

From my own self-analysis, which I seldom indulge in, I am what I am.

Half of life’s problems disappear when one’s head is healthy.

The best thing about dreams is that youth holds on to them.

Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

There is always the fear that a wonder of the world can’t live up to expectations. Not so. The Taj Mahal was breathtakingly beautiful – if anything, better even than I’d been told. Beauty like that is too dazzling to be imagined.

Let’s face it: I want it all – just like you and everybody else. It may not be in the cards, but the prospect is so dazzling that I have to try.

But the amazing thing about life, I’ve finally discovered, is that you really don’t learn from past mistakes. You do logically, reasonably, but emotionally not for a second.