Marlene Dietrich Quotes

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Marlene Dietrich

Friendship, Friends, Matter

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
Marlene Dietrich

Women, Change, Him

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
Marlene Dietrich

Forgiveness, Woman, Her

A 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 Dietrich

Home, Happy, Angry

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
Marlene Dietrich

Beautiful, Legs, Darling

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
Marlene Dietrich

Strong, Weak, Likely

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
Marlene Dietrich

Friend, Before, Secret

Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
Marlene Dietrich

Themselves, Flowers, Throw

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Marlene Dietrich

Rather, Habits, Beliefs

I am at heart a gentleman.
Marlene Dietrich

Heart, Gentleman

To 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 Dietrich

Life, Women, Respect

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene Dietrich

When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.
Marlene Dietrich

In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.
Marlene Dietrich

Sex, America, Fact

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
Marlene Dietrich

Men, Fashion, Public

I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
Marlene Dietrich

After, Dead, Worth

If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
Marlene Dietrich

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
Marlene Dietrich

Beautiful, Woman, Him

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
Marlene Dietrich

Money, Great, Rich

Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
Marlene Dietrich

Sell, Trade, Glamour

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
Marlene Dietrich

Father, Understand, Either

The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
Marlene Dietrich

Same, Speak, Language

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
Marlene Dietrich

Soldier, Grateful, American

They want you to bring out your intestines.
Marlene Dietrich

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
Marlene Dietrich

Love, Someone, Thoughts

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: December 27, 1901

Died: May 6, 1992

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