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

Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Marlene Dietrich

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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

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

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
Marlene Dietrich

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

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

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

They want you to bring out your intestines.
Marlene Dietrich

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

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

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

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene Dietrich