Marlene Dietrich
The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the hustler but the whittler.
Marlene DietrichI love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.
Marlene DietrichTo be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.
Marlene DietrichThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
Marlene DietrichSex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Marlene DietrichMost women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
Marlene DietrichI'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
Marlene DietrichHow do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
Marlene DietrichDarling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
Marlene DietrichIt’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.
Marlene DietrichThe average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
Marlene DietrichWithout tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene DietrichI am not a myth.
Marlene DietrichGlamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
Marlene DietrichThink twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
Marlene DietrichThe Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
Marlene DietrichI was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.
Marlene DietrichA man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
Marlene DietrichOnce a woman has forgiven a man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
Marlene DietrichI am at heart a gentleman.
Marlene Dietrich