Bankhead, Tallulah quotes
1903-1968 American ActressI d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Mistakes
If I had my life to live again. I d make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Mistakes
Let s not quibble! I m the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Excess
No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah s husband. It s tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Husbands
I ve been called many things, but never an intellectual.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Intelligence and Intellectuals
I ve tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Sex
I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Neurosis
I m as pure as the driven slush.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Morality
It s one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Theater
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Bankhead, Tallulah
Uniqueness