Marlene Dietrich Quotes

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• Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Being Thankful, Gold, Mountain

  30 Copy quote

• Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Beauty, Beautiful, Legs

  105 Copy quote

• Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Years, Cute Funny, Age

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

  126 Copy quote

• I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Fashion, Men, Dresses

  The Observer, www.theguardian.com. 1960.

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• To lose your prejudices you must travel.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Travel, Prejudice, Loses

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.120, Open Road Media

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• Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Sadness, Important, Depth

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• In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Men, Europe, Making Love

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  113 Copy quote

• You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Fighting, Illusion, Ifs

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• I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Happiness, Happy, Thank You

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

  76 Copy quote

• Love affairs are the real only education in life.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Best Love, Real, Affair

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• What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Men, Firsts

  39 Copy quote

• I 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 Dietrich

  Inspirational, Leadership, Book

  58 Copy quote

• I am at heart a gentleman.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Heart, Gentleman

  "Still modern after all these years ... Marlene Dietrich's ageless charisma" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2017.

  42 Copy quote

• Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Love, Heart, Offering

  Marlene Dietrich (1962). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC.”

  91 Copy quote

• Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Sunday, Better Days, Champagne

  120 Copy quote

• Glamour is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way, mentally and physically and in appearance, and that, whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Knowing, Way, Kind

  The Observer, www.theguardian.com. 1960.

  117 Copy quote

• In language gender is particularly confusing. Why, please, should a table be male in German, female in French, and castrated in English?

  Marlene Dietrich

  Travel, Home, Confusing

  Marlene Dietrich (1962). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC.”

  105 Copy quote

• Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Heart, Blue, Broken

  Marlene Dietrich (1962). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC.”

  102 Copy quote

• Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Mother, Food, Mind

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.112, Open Road Media

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• It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Friendship, Best Friend, Cute Relationship

  129 Copy quote

• Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Love, Inspirational, Passionate

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.119, Open Road Media

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• Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Fall, Twilight, Doctors

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.121, Open Road Media

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• Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Marriage, Forgiveness, Women

  Marlene Dietrich's ABC (1962)

  92 Copy quote

• A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Country, House, Bathroom

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• To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You 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 Dietrich

  Love, Men, Long

  Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.78, Open Road Media

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