The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
MARLENE DIETRICHI am not a myth.
MARLENE DIETRICHWithout tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
MARLENE DIETRICHThey want you to bring out your intestines.
MARLENE DIETRICHA man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
MARLENE DIETRICHIn America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
MARLENE DIETRICHI’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
MARLENE DIETRICHSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
MARLENE DIETRICHI had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. They’re so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
MARLENE DIETRICHDarling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
MARLENE DIETRICHHow do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet – it’s gone.
MARLENE DIETRICHGrumbling is the death of love.
MARLENE DIETRICHOnce a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
MARLENE DIETRICHA king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
MARLENE DIETRICH