“Grumbling is the death of love”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
Filter quotes by topic
Famous Marlene Dietrich Quotes
“Sex is much better with a woman, but then one can't live with a woman.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.”
“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.”
“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
“Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC.
“I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
“In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.”
“Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
“I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.”
“Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.”
“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes
“Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.”
“When you prostitute yourself, you have to get paid for it.”
Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC.
“Chanel was a workaholic. She must have had a lot to forget.”
“Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.”