Marlene Dietrich – 12 Quotes

12 Quotes by 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

Grumbling is the death of love.

– Marlene Dietrich

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

– Marlene Dietrich

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

– Marlene Dietrich

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

– Marlene Dietrich

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

– 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

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

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