Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Tallulah Bankhead Radio personality

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 31, 1902
  • Died: Dec 12, 1968

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and reputed libertine. Bankhead was also known for her deep voice, flamboyant personality, and support of liberal causes, which broke with the tendency of Southern Democrats at the time to support a more conservative agenda. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. education

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me. love

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. cars & time

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. being funny & life

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time. being good & time

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. morning

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. education & greatness

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 sayings from Robert Browning

22 sayings from Robert Browning

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53 thoughts from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 views from Isadora Duncan

5 views from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher