Marlene Dietrich Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“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.”

“The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.”

“A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.”

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

“Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.”

“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.”

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

“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”