Disable ads!

34 quotes by Marlene Dietrich

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (/mɑrˈleɪnəˈdiːtrɪk/, German pronunciation: [maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtʁɪç]; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-American actress and singer. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930), directed by...
Read full biography of Marlene Dietrich →

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

0

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

0

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... →

0

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

0

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

0

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.

0

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

0

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

0

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

0

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

0

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

0

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

0

The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.

0
Add a quote!
Background photo by Giuliana