Betty Grable Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them.

I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching.

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.

With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.

Trivia

When Betty was filming "How to Marry a Millionaire" she knew that her co-star Marilyn Monroe would take her place as the lead star at "Fox Studios", but by then she'd had her fill of stardom. Betty once again remembered what Martha had done for her, So Betty took her co-star to her long time dressing room (The best on the lot) and told Marilyn that it was her. Marilyn was shocked that Betty would offer it to her and asked Betty why. Betty replied "Honey, I've had my time in the spotlight, now it's your turn!".

She is the niece of actor Vinton Haworth.