The best Quotes by Tallulah Bankhead

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

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.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

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

The biggest difference from Hawaii and Alabama would probably be there's no beaches. But other than that, the people are very nice.

How long does it take to get from Louisiana to Alabama?
One Mississippi.

Leroy Brown: "Joe! That's your grandniece, that's kin to you!"
Joe Simmons: "Grandniece? What the hell is a grandniece? I'm from Alabama. After daughter, it don't damn matter."

Alabamians don't tell you to wait before rushing a decision… they say "don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Alabama girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Alabama.

The only traffic I had to deal with in Alabama was a tractor.

Dear Hope, The state of Alabama has like a million Waffle Houses and I can't stop thinking about what it felt like to kiss you.

It's not red. It's crimson.
We are the Crimson Tide. Our mascot is an elephant.
There's no place like Tuscaloosa on gameday.
And Bryant-Denny Stadium has no equal.
Fall or spring, it's always a big game when 'Bama plays.
We play Rammer Jammer when we win. We play it a lot.
We don't live in the past. It's just that our past is better than yours.
So to set the record straight... this is ALABAMA FOOTBALL!

Mr. Garrison: "Where are you from?"
Damien: "The Seventh Layer of Hell."
Mr. Garrison: "Oh, my mother was from Alabama."

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Alabama - and that's pretty much the same thing.

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

It's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

Once you have accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

You can never make the same mistake twice. Because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choise.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

We can be only who we are; no more, no less.

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

It's better to be hated for the person you are, than to be loved for the person you're not.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.