Quotes by Marlene Dietrich

About Marlene Dietrich:

Marie Magdalene was a German-American actress and singer.
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.

Marlene Dietrich

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Marlene Dietrich

Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin.

Marlene Dietrich

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

Marlene Dietrich

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Marlene Dietrich

A 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 Dietrich

When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

Marlene Dietrich

Grumbling is the death of love.

Marlene Dietrich

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Marlene Dietrich

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

Marlene Dietrich

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

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

Marlene Dietrich

How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.

Marlene Dietrich

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

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

Marlene Dietrich

I never enjoyed working in a film.

Marlene Dietrich

Author Bio

  • NameMarlene Dietrich
  • Descriptiona German-American actress and singer.
  • AliasesMarie Magdalene Dietrich
  • BornDecember 27, 1901
  • DiedMay 6, 1992
  • CountryGermany; United States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Singer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Legion Of Honour; Honorary Citizen Of Berlin