The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
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 DIETRICHIt’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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 DIETRICHThink twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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 DIETRICHLatins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
MARLENE DIETRICHI love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
MARLENE DIETRICHI dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
MARLENE DIETRICHI never enjoyed working in a film.
MARLENE DIETRICHWithout tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
MARLENE DIETRICHIn America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
MARLENE DIETRICHYou need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it’s no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.
MARLENE DIETRICHSex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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 DIETRICHGlamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
MARLENE DIETRICH