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 LAMARRI was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
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Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.
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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.
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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.
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If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist’s office.
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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.
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