Its one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work — the night watchman. – Tallulah Bankhead
The less I behave like Whistlers mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. – Tallulah Bankhead
(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. – Tallulah Bankhead
Lets not quibble! Im 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, Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. – Tallulah Bankhead