A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
MARLENE DIETRICHA king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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 DIETRICHThey want you to bring out your intestines.
MARLENE DIETRICHI dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
MARLENE DIETRICHTo be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
MARLENE DIETRICHI never enjoyed working in a film.
MARLENE DIETRICHI’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
MARLENE DIETRICHIt’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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 DIETRICHSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
MARLENE DIETRICHIf there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
MARLENE DIETRICHLatins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
MARLENE DIETRICHI am at heart a gentleman.
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 DIETRICHThe weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
MARLENE DIETRICHMost women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
MARLENE DIETRICH