Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
MARLENE DIETRICHMost women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
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 DIETRICHDarling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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 DIETRICHIt’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
MARLENE DIETRICHTo be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
MARLENE DIETRICHI am at heart a gentleman.
MARLENE DIETRICHAmerica took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German – German in my soul.
MARLENE DIETRICHSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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 DIETRICHIn America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
MARLENE DIETRICHCourage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
MARLENE DIETRICHA king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
MARLENE DIETRICHWithout tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
MARLENE DIETRICHI dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
MARLENE DIETRICH