Lauren Bacall

“We live in an age of mediocrity.”

“I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'”

“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.”

“I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.”

“Patience was not my strong point.”

“When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.”