Lauren Bacall

“If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.”

“I'd like to meet the man who decided that people do or don't look Jewish. What the hell does that mean anyway? Is it the American penchant for pinning things down, catergorizing, for pigeonholing people? Whatever it is, it's wrong.”

“His attention span was not long, shall we say?”

“If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."(as Marie 'Slim' Browning in To Have and Have Not)”

“I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me - what they will hold - but I’m open to suggestions.”

“I am not a has-been. I am a will be.”

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

“When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.”

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

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

“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”