Marlene Dietrich Quotes

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

I am, at heart, a gentleman.

There’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. It's a quality... They’re so grateful, so heartbreakingly grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them. They say thank you for coming, and they really mean it.

If God exists, he needs to review his plan.

Jungs! Opfert euch nicht! Der krieg ist doch scheiße, Hitler ist ein idiot! (message in a pro-allied propaganda broadcast) Translation: Boy! Do not sacrifice yourself! The war is but shit, Hitler is an idiot!

What remains is solitude.

I believe it to be far from harmless — the Desire to be beautiful. This is a universal instinct, and it is easy to see how this desire, properly goaded, has every chance of getting out of hand. Once out of hand, it becomes the cause of much unhappiness. The young girl of today is the unhappy victim. I wish I could say the innocent victim — she is almost innocent. But let us take her side; she deserves it.

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.

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

You're never lonely with a book.

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

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.

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

Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin.

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