Betty Quotes

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty.

I was always impressed by Betty Ford and what she went through and how full of integrity she was, and how brave. I think Mrs. Reagan was a role model of my mother‘s generation, intelligent, very supportive of her husband. I am very different from my mom, but I admired her devotion.

‘Ugly Betty’ has opened my eyes to the world of fashion journalism – I’m looking forward to going to college for that. Until then, I don’t know. Will I appear on ‘Glee?’

Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.

Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

After graduating high school, Betty attended the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the alma mater of both her parents. My mother relocated to New York because she refused to accept the oppressive racism of the Jim Crow south.

I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe.

I was never the glamorous type like Betty Grable.

For some reason, the movies in the ’40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the ’40s, and I don’t necessarily know why. I just love the people.

To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have gone to Hollywood if I hadn’t been offered ‘Ugly Betty’ because I was a wee bit feart. But you have to make yourself frightened. That’s what keeps you alive.

My mother persevered through much adversity because she possessed faith in God, self-respect, and an awareness of history; most especially, she was astute in Africa‘s significant contribution to world history. Sister Betty refused to live her life as a victim.

I met Betty Moore when she entered Mitchell High School as a freshman, and that was it – period, exclamation point!

‘Ugly Betty’ has been four years of my life, important adolescent years. I think that all I’ve really known was getting pampered and interviewed and getting my picture taken.

Betty White is probably a very nice woman.

I’m so sick of Betty White.

‘Ugly Betty’ has been the most important thing I’ve ever done, easily. I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again – Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep… I really got to showcase what I could do with a character.

This phenomenon with Betty White is so wonderfully amazing. In a world where ageism runs rampant, out of left field, all of a sudden, the country decides to celebrate Betty White, and she becomes cool at 90. That’s remarkable.

When I would read the ‘Archie‘ comics when I was younger, I was rooting for Betty and Archie way over any alternative.

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.

Our Betty Cooper is still the girl next door – she literally lives next to Archie. And she’s the blonde all-American girl; she’s so sweet and forgiving, gives people the benefit of the doubt and second chances, wears her heart on her sleeve. But she’s also incredibly broken on the inside, for many different reasons.

I remember telling Mom, ‘I can’t go to the Betty Ford Center. That’s like going to the high school where your mom is the principal.’ But maybe I could have gotten the family rate.

I used to listen to a lot of music in my studio – all the time. But as far as the music that interplays with my work, what I’ve done and still do is keep a lyric book and song title. The material typically comes from Eartha Kitt, Betty Davis, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston.

We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60… So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.

When she was running for election in 2006, I went to Missouri to campaign for Senator Claire McCaskill. She impressed the hell out of me and I fell in love with her mother Betty Anne who is a pistol!

I miss Betty madly. I loved her. Whenever people talk about her, I get really nostalgic. There are parts of her still with me; I played her for four years and, of course, the lines get blurred.

‘The Feminine Mystique‘ goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I’ve had the opportunity to pursue a career.

In the beginning, believe it or not, me and Acid Betty were good friends.

Many of my 20- and 30-something peers struggle with student loan debt and high rent, and more than once, I’ve erupted in laughter at the idea that I will collect any Social Security in my Betty White years.

I was playing this role on ‘Ugly Betty,’ the sweetest, nicest guy. He was a fun character to play, but I was in a Latin soap opera – where are you gonna go with a nice guy in a Latin soap opera?

I don’t know if I felt successful, but I did feel a difference in my career, or in how people perceive me, or how people reacted on the street right after I did the Mexican version of ‘Ugly Betty.’ That show was a complete success, thank God. It broke historical ratings records in Mexico and also the U.S.

I can’t say too much about it because I don’t know a lot. We’re not told what’s in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it’s fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season.

When I read the ‘Ugly Betty’ pilot, I thought, ‘Oh, this part‘s funny.’ I said to my husband, ‘I’m going to get it!’ But based on what? All my exquisite comedic work in a Nike commercial?

I’ve learned through experience that you can’t ever predict what’s going to happen with any show. When I signed on to ‘Ugly Betty,’ I just prayed that I wouldn’t get fired after the pilot, and four years later, I was still doing it.

It is a great honor to be awarded a Nobel Prize. This is a wonderful experience for my wife Betty and me. We received congratulations by email, phone and post, many from old friends we had not seen for some time.

I had read the ‘Wonder Woman‘ comic books when I was a child; I was much more interested in those than I was in ‘Betty and Veronica,’ even though I liked those as well.

I was making myself a hotdog and pulling some curly fries out of the oven, and I got the call from manager, and she said, ‘You got it. You’re Betty Cooper.’ It felt so unreal.

Most female characters have either been the temptress – like a Betty Boop type – or the victim – like an Olive Oil type.

Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.

Betty White jokes are just not for me.

I’ll tell you, I’m loving everything Betty White’s doing. She’s 90!

It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.

There’s a definite rift in ‘Riverdale.’ There’s a civil war between the Southside and the Northside. And Jughead being on the Southside and Betty’s on the Northside, it becomes a bit of a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ situation.

Betty Sutton and I will make it a point to put state government back on the side of the middle class, not the wealthy and well-connected who have run the show at the statehouse for far too long.

The bottom line is, I’m blessed with good health. On top of that, I don’t go around thinking ‘Oh, I’m 90, I better do this or I better do that.’ I’m just Betty. I’m the same Betty that I’ve always been. Take it or leave it.

I could have made a lot of money doing ‘Golden Girls,’ and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.

There’s a studio formula of making a movie that Betty White fans and Ice Cube fans are going to love, so it’s a really broad brush.

I’ve picked up a lot of fans from doing ‘Ugly Betty’: a lot of teenagers who didn’t even know I had a singing career.

I had a very feminist mother who exposed me not only to Planned Parenthood – my first job – but also to Betty Friedan and Colette and Naomi Wolf.

I wasn’t the first choice for the role of Danny Tanner. Betty White was. Not true, but there was another actor whom they had shot the pilot with.

I’m not so much surprised by the success of ‘Ugly Betty’ as I am feeling so blessed by it.

I was born Pauline Matthews and grew up in Bradford as one of three children – I had an older brother, David, and an older sister, Betty. My father Fred worked in the mills as a textile weaving supervisor, and my mother, Mary, was a housewife.

Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I’m a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.

I was in the original cast of ‘Sunset Boulevard.’ I played Betty. But I wasn’t on the cast album.

Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn’t have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you’ll never hear one complaint from her.

‘Ugly Betty’ taught me everything about fashion.

Your good friend has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic.

Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women’s rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.

I’m pretty sure that changing diapers of all sizes isn’t the kind of women’s work Betty Friedan had in mind, nor Linda Hirshman.

If I had one piece of advice for people – if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box – read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.

My grandmother, Betty Bertha Bright, lived in the Armenian block in Kolkata. After ’36 Chowringhee Lane,’ we haven‘t seen that part of the city in films.