Top 81 Quotes by Lauren Bacall

I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.

I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant.

You can't always be a leading lady.

I never believed marriage was a lasting institution. I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

I was never my favourite subject.

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.