Top 81 Quotes by Lauren Bacall

A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?

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.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

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.