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Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress born on December 27, 1901. She became an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, known for her glamorous image and captivating performances in films like The Blue Angel and Shanghai Express. Dietrich was celebrated for her unique style and strong presence on screen. Throughout her career, she became a symbol of sophistication and elegance, leaving a lasting legacy in Hollywood history.
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"The Germans and I no longer speak the same language."

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"I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now."

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"There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them."

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"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."

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"Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret."

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"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."

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"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting."

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

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"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."

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"I never enjoyed working in a film."

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

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

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"They want you to bring out your intestines."

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

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

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"I am at heart a gentleman."

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"I am not a myth."

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"America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul."

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"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."

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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."

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

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"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade."

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"If there is a supreme being, he's crazy."

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

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"The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs."

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"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."

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"In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact."

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"Grumbling is the death of love."

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"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."

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"Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact."

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

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