Grumbling is the death of love.
MARLENE DIETRICHGrumbling is the death of love.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
MARLENE DIETRICHCourage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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 DIETRICHI’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
MARLENE DIETRICHA king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
MARLENE DIETRICHGlamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
MARLENE DIETRICHMost women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
MARLENE DIETRICHWhen you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
MARLENE DIETRICHA father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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 DIETRICHThe average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
MARLENE DIETRICHDarling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
MARLENE DIETRICHOnce a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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 DIETRICH