Dr. Byles:
I'm sorry to have to have to be so blunt with you, Mrs. Skeffington, but you're one of a vast army of silly women. Capital "S". Capital "W". You're over dressed, you're over made-up and you're most certainly over perfumed.
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Dr. Byles, you are the rudest man I have ever met.
Dr. Byles: Did you come here to consult a gentlemen or a doctor?
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: I strongly suspect that you are neither!
--Bette Davis (as Fanny Trellis) in Mr. Skeffington
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Dr. Byles, you are the rudest man I have ever met.
Dr. Byles: Did you come here to consult a gentlemen or a doctor?
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: I strongly suspect that you are neither!
--Bette Davis (as Fanny Trellis) in Mr. Skeffington
French Ambassador:
May I compliment you, Madam, on this most beautiful palace? There is no other like it in all of Europe.
Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.
--Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth I) in The Virgin Queen
Nick Malvyn:
I won't marry you.
Helen Bauer: Is that a promise?
--Bette Davis (as Helen Bauer) in Ex-Lady
Helen Bauer: Is that a promise?
--Bette Davis (as Helen Bauer) in Ex-Lady
Charles Wallingham:
You'd better give this case your personal attention.
Miss Joan Martin: I'll get on it right away before Jimmy Corrigan and his Tarzans get wind of it.
Charles Wallingham: Wait a minute. Corrigan doesn't get any... tips from the emergency.
Miss Joan Martin: I don't trust him! He'd bribe a corpse to sit up and telephone!
--Bette Davis (as Miss Joan Martin) in Jimmy the Gent
Miss Joan Martin: I'll get on it right away before Jimmy Corrigan and his Tarzans get wind of it.
Charles Wallingham: Wait a minute. Corrigan doesn't get any... tips from the emergency.
Miss Joan Martin: I don't trust him! He'd bribe a corpse to sit up and telephone!
--Bette Davis (as Miss Joan Martin) in Jimmy the Gent
Jenny:
Mrs. Moline, let's not start calling each other names. I got some fancy ones saved up just achin' to be used.
Rosa Moline: You get out of this house! No red indian is gonna talk to me like that in my own house!
--Bette Davis (as Rosa Moline) in Beyond the Forest
Rosa Moline: You get out of this house! No red indian is gonna talk to me like that in my own house!
--Bette Davis (as Rosa Moline) in Beyond the Forest
Estelle Porter:
Oh, you can understand that, can't you, Mary?
Mary Dwight Strauber: I only understand that Betty was my sister, that Vanning killed her, and that you won't help me do anything about it.
--Bette Davis (as Mary Dwight Strauber) in Marked Woman
Mary Dwight Strauber: I only understand that Betty was my sister, that Vanning killed her, and that you won't help me do anything about it.
--Bette Davis (as Mary Dwight Strauber) in Marked Woman
Charlotte:
Get outta here, Luke Standish! You smirkin' Judas!
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte:
What do you think I asked you here for? COMPANY?
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte:
You're a vile, sorry little bitch!
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
--Bette Davis (as Charlotte Hollis) in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Ellen Garfield:
You make me so mad I could... well, I could spit!
--Bette Davis (as Ellen Garfield) in Front Page Woman
--Bette Davis (as Ellen Garfield) in Front Page Woman
