Marlene Dietrich Quotes

American - Actress December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992

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

Marlene Dietrich

Myself, Dress, Men, Fashion, Image

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

Marlene Dietrich

Great, Money, Rich, Difference, Being

I am at heart a gentleman.

Marlene Dietrich

Heart, I Am, Gentleman, Am

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

Woman, Home, Man, Angry, Happy, Bed

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, King, Understand, See, Only, His

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

Grateful, You, Soldier, See, American

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

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

Marlene Dietrich

Friendship, You, Friends, Matter, Up

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

Marlene Dietrich

Beautiful, Know, Legs, Just, Darling

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, Man, Legs, More, Him

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Marlene Dietrich

Courage, Grace, Place, See, Only

Top 10
Marlene Dietrich
Quotes

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, Man, Try, Out, Like

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

Marlene Dietrich

Sex, World, America, Obsession, Fact

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

Marlene Dietrich

Glamour, Trade, Sell, Stock

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

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

Marlene Dietrich

Woman, Relationship, Man, Breakfast, She

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, Thoughts, Joy, Someone, Find, Than

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

Marlene Dietrich

Strong, More, Weak, Than, Make, Likely

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Marlene Dietrich

Man, Without, Tenderness, Uninteresting

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

Marlene Dietrich

Death, You, Dead

The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.

Marlene Dietrich

Speak, Language, Same, Germans, Longer

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

Marlene Dietrich

Me, Dead, Cry, Worth, Alive, Now

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

Marlene Dietrich

Flowers, You, Brazil, Throw, Argentina

How 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 Dietrich

Love, Love Is, You, Police, She, Know

Grumbling is the death of love.

Marlene Dietrich

Love, Death, Grumbling

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul.

Marlene Dietrich

Heart, Soul, I Am, Me, My Soul, Country

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, Woman, Man, Respect, Loved

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

Marlene Dietrich

Crazy, Being, He, Supreme, Supreme Being

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