black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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 am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
HEDY LAMARR

Equality Father Love Man Myself Shame
Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
HEDY LAMARR

Big Divorce Marriage
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 LAMARR

Herself Himself Hope Myself People Promise
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
HEDY LAMARR

Art Business Easy Politics Woman
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

Beautiful Magic Mom Myself Worth
When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
HEDY LAMARR

Himself Man Marriage Myself Sex
I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
HEDY LAMARR

Appearance Beautiful Myself
I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
HEDY LAMARR

Breathe Death Memories Myself Person Privacy Time
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

Difference Himself Marriage Oppression Rule Sex Thinking Woman
Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
HEDY LAMARR

Magic Philosophy Tolerance Word
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
HEDY LAMARR

Care Learning Loss Money Myself Win
The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more, The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything – time to work, time to play, time to rest.
HEDY LAMARR

Believe Easy Myself Play Time World
I don’t have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
HEDY LAMARR

Blame Happiness Husband Myself Suffering
I don’t believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn’t, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
HEDY LAMARR

Believe Death Destiny Myself Safety
Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
HEDY LAMARR

Food Live Yourself
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

Health Love Money Myself Wisdom

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Hedy Lamarr Quotes