“ (On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. Tallulah Bankhead
“ The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner Tallulah Bankhead
“ 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. Tallulah Bankhead
“ 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." Tallulah Bankhead
“ The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. Tallulah Bankhead
“ The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead
“ I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. Tallulah Bankhead
“ Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. Tallulah Bankhead
“ There have only been two geniuses in the world — Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. Tallulah Bankhead
