Marlene Dietrich Quotes

Quotations: I love them because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizedly wiser than oneself.

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

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

If God exists, he needs to review his plan.

You're never lonely with a book.

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.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

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

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.

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.

A man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman — any woman — with beautiful legs.

It is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed by someone wiser than oneself.

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

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

"There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich" Under a picture of a mom holding a baby :-)