Marlene Dietrich Quotes

There comes a time when suddenly you realize that laughter is something you remember and that you were the one laughing.

Victory is gay only back home. Up front it is joyless.

Most people who make movies are in real life a bitter disappointment. I, on the other hand, am so much better in real life.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Glamour is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way, mentally and physically and in appearance, and that, whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.

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

Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.

To lose your prejudices you must travel.

Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being.

In language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?

Love affairs are the real only education in life.

Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.

Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

On Becoming a 'Lady': What every mother wants her daughter to be.

Morocco: Looks better in films.