Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, &...
A source page for quotes linked to Marlene Dietrich.
“Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.”
“I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”
“A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.”
“Morocco: Looks better in films.”
“[On Orson Welles:] When I talk to him, I feel like a plant that's been watered.”
“The air and the sky seem to have been freshly washed and polished, and the people too.”
“Soft drinks: The gooey, bubbly sea drowning our American children.”
“Habit: Often mistaken for love.”
“You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.”
“[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.”
“Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.”
“To lose your prejudices you must travel.”
“Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.”
“I have a child and I've made a few people happy. That is all.”
“Victory is gay only back home. Up front it is joyless.”
“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”
“It's the friend you call up at four o'clock in the morning that really matters.”
“I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”
“Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.”
“Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.”
“On Becoming a 'Lady': What every mother wants her daughter to be.”
“Your daughter is your child for life.”
“Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being.”
“Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.””
“H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.”
“The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime”
“Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.”