One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.
HEDY LAMARRIt is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
-
-
American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
HEDY LAMARR -
I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
HEDY LAMARR -
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they’ll run the other way.
HEDY LAMARR -
Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.
HEDY LAMARR -
Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
HEDY LAMARR -
A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
HEDY LAMARR -
Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
HEDY LAMARR -
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
HEDY LAMARR -
Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
HEDY LAMARR -
Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
HEDY LAMARR -
It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
HEDY LAMARR -
I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
HEDY LAMARR -
I’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
HEDY LAMARR -
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
HEDY LAMARR -
Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
HEDY LAMARR -
The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn’t get a divorce for almost a year.
HEDY LAMARR -
My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.
HEDY LAMARR -
I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.
HEDY LAMARR -
I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
HEDY LAMARR -
If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude… I hope to make you use your imagination.
HEDY LAMARR -
I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.
HEDY LAMARR -
All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
HEDY LAMARR -
I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn’t have it.
HEDY LAMARR -
I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
HEDY LAMARR -
I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
HEDY LAMARR -
All creative people want to do the unexpected.
HEDY LAMARR