Betty White Quotes

Betty White was loved by so many people, and with good reason! She was very kind, charismatic, and overall a great person. That’s why I’m so happy to share my favorite Betty White quotes with you today! I hope you enjoy them!

Image shows a photo of Betty White over a purple background with flower decorations. — What is your favorite Betty White moment?

“Butterflies are like women — we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane.”
“I think older women still have a full life.”
“If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.”
“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly.”
“It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”
“Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young.”
“Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.”
“There’s no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”
“I may be a senior, but so what? I’m still hot.”
“Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.”
“I have no regrets at all. None. I consider myself to be the luckiest old broad on two feet.”
“I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it’s because I’m as old as I am! But it’s just polite.”
“You don’t luck into integrity. You work at it.”
“Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints.”
“People say, ‘But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.’ Well, at my age, if I want to connect with old friends I need a Ouija board.”
“Mind your own business, take care of your affairs, and don’t worry about other people so much.”
“I don’t have a sweet tooth, but I do have a cocktail before dinner.”
“I’m a health nut. My favorite food is hot dogs with French fries. And my exercise: I have a two-story house and a very bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs.”
“My mother always used to say, ‘The older you get, the better you get. Unless you’re a banana.’”
“Friendship takes time and energy if it’s going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn’t last if you don’t give it proper appreciation.”
“It’s fun to show appreciation to the ones you love.”
“You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.”
“It’s not a surprise, we knew it was coming—make the most of it. So you may not be as fast on your feet, and the image in your mirror may be a little disappointing, but if you are still functioning and not in pain, gratitude should be the name of the game.”
“My philosophy for staying young is [to] act bubbly every day, drink bubbly every birthday!”
“So you may not be as fast on your feet, and the image in your mirror may be a little disappointing, but if you are still functioning and not in pain, gratitude should be the name of the game.”
“Anger tears me up inside … My own … or anyone else’s.”
“It’s fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.”
“You know people who are already saying, ‘I’m going to be 30 – oh, what am I going to do?’ Well, use that decade! Use them all!”
“Why do people say ‘grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
“There is even a funny side to aging, if one has a warped sense of humor.”
“Best thing about being in your 90s is you’re spoiled rotten. Everybody spoils you like mad and they treat you with such respect because you’re old. Little do they know, you haven’t changed. You haven’t changed in [the brain]. You’re just 90 every place else … Now that I’m 91, as opposed to being 90, I’m much wiser. I’m much more aware and I’m much sexier.”
“You’re never too old for anything.”
“It is important that you not believe your own publicity. Be grateful for whatever praise you receive, but take it with a grain of salt.”
“I get bored with people who complain about this or that. It’s such a waste of time.”
“I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.”
“Does desire melt away with age? I’m waiting for that day to come.”
“Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that — it’s got to be funny.”
“It’s good to mix things up as an actor. Or else you can grow too accustomed to a character.”
“Oh, I don’t need sleep. I just went to my hotel and had a cold hot dog and vodka on the rocks.”
“I am still to this day starstruck. I look out at this audience and I see so many famous faces, but what really boggles my mind is that I actually know many of you. And I’ve worked with quite a few… maybe had a couple. And you know who you are.”
“I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don’t get it don’t know about it.”
“I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.”
“I’m a teenager trapped in an old body.”
“Don’t try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won’t live long enough to find out about, but I’m still curious about them.”
“Laughter keeps everyone feeling wonderful.”
“I got an award for everything: inhaling, exhaling. I’ve been so spoiled rotten. I’m the luckiest old broad on two feet. Truly! I’ve always been working at something.”
“I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it.”
“Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.”
“I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.”
“My answer to anything under the sun, like, ‘What have you not done in the business that you’ve always wanted to do?’ is ‘Robert Redford.’”
“A lady likes to be complimented on her looks, her eyes, her figure. But the personality comments are much appreciated.”
“I just want to bring as much natural as I can. I’m not saying that people who take acting lessons are false. They’re much better than I am, but it doesn’t work for me.”
“You don’t fall off the planet once you pass a given age. You don’t lose any of your sense of humor. You don’t lose any of your zest for life, or your lust for life.”
“Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.”
“I feel good that I’ve turned down roles for the right reasons.”
“Take personal responsibility. A lot of people go, ‘Well, I’ll get a dog because I have a kid and a kid needs a dog.’ And it doesn’t work out for that dog and the dog is on the street.”
“I love children, the only problem with children: they grow up to be people, and I just like animals better than people. It’s that simple.”
“Humor is like music. It’s a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to let the beat go too long, but to leave a beat in there for it to gel, you know.”
“Still here, bitches.”
“About being called a ‘legend,’ “I just laugh. Have I got them fooled.”
“I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it’s because I’m as old as I am! But it’s just polite.”
“I’m a teenager trapped in an old body.”
“The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.”
“I know it sounds corny, but I try to see the funny side and the upside, not the downside. I get bored with people who complain about this or that. It’s such a waste of time.”
“When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, ‘Oh, well, she’s preaching.’ I’m not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself — I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.”
“Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we’re abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.”
“The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot … It’s much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more … I want to say ‘sophisticated.’”
“I think it’s your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that’s a waste of a lovely life. ‘Oh … I’m 30, oh, I’m 40, oh, 50.’ Make the most of it.”
“A lot of people think this is a goodie two-shoes talking. But we do have a tendency to complain rather than celebrating who we are. I learned at my mother’s knee it’s better to appreciate what’s happening… I think we kind of talk ourselves into the negative sometimes.”
“I know unless I’m true to myself I couldn’t be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.”
“I’ve always enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.”
“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”
“I have never lied about my age, but these days I seem to work it into the conversation at the drop of a hat.”
“It’s been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven’t been away, guys. I’ve been working steadily for the last 63 years.”
“All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode.”
“I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don’t think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children – which I have never regretted.”
“I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I’ve wound up a zookeeper! I’ve been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I’m the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half — half animals and half show business. You can’t ask for better than two things you love the most.”
“I think I’ve been spoiled enough, don’t you think? Might as well quit while I’m ahead! But I’m not going to quit, that’s for sure.”
“It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”
“There’s no formula [for handling grief or loss]. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Keep the person in your heart all the time. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”
“I do a lot of crossword puzzles. I’m an addict. It keeps your mind limber.”
“Why retire from something if you’re loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you’re blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on ‘Hot in Cleveland’? Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?”
“I’m not looking forward to death; it’s important to live while we are here. But those who have died, [as] my mother said, now they know the secret. And someday we all will.”

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