Marlene Dietrich movie quotes

“Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.”
Marlene Dietrich

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

“Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl.”
Marlene Dietrich

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

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

“In America sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it is a fact.”
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

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

“- Quinlan: Come on, read my future for me.
- Tanya: You haven't got any.
- Quinlan: Hmm? What do you mean?
- Tanya: Your future's all used up.”
Orson Welles - Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Marlene Dietrich - Tanya

“- Sir Wilfrid: Your husband loves you very much, does he not?
- Christine Vole: Leonard? He worships the ground I walk on.
- Sir Wilfrid: And you?
- Christine Vole: You want to know too much. Auf wiedersehen, gentlemen.”
Charles Laughton - Sir Wilfrid Roberts
Marlene Dietrich - Christine

“- Christine Vole: You think Mrs. French looked upon Leonard as a son? Or a nephew?
- Brogan-Moore: I do. An entirely natural and understandable relationship.
- Christine Vole: What hypocrites you are in this country.”
Marlene Dietrich - Christine
John Williams - Brogan-Moore

“I'll give ya somethin' to dream about, Mister. Wanna kiss me, ducky?”
Marlene Dietrich - Christine

“- Saloon Hostess: Never be in a hurry. You'll miss the best parts in life.
- Phileas Fogg: Madam, you don't understand. I'm looking for my man.
- Saloon Hostess: So am I.”
Marlene Dietrich - Barbary Coast Saloon Owner
David Niven - Phileas Fogg

“The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime.”
Marlene Dietrich

“All the time I was in Berlin Garbo was my favorite. I only had Sunday afternoon free; I was playing, rehearsing all the other time. So on Sunday afternoons I used to go to see Garbo's pictures. I followed them from one theater to another; maybe sometimes I saw one five or six times. And when I came to America I thought perhaps I will meet her. I...” (continue)(continue reading)

Marlene Dietrich On Greta Garbo

“You know he would rather be cheated by me than married to you.”

Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy

“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.”
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

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

“The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested
in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.”
Marlene Dietrich

“- District Officer: There've been a half a dozen complaints since you came to that cafe.
- Bijou: A half-dozen! Why not fifty? I'm surprised.”
Richard Carle - District Officer
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou

“- Reverend Mr. Carmichael: All I can suggest is that you get down on your knees and pray.
- Shanghai Lily: I think that you're right, if God is still on speaking terms with me.”
Lawrence Grant - Reverend Mr. Carmichael
Marlene Dietrich - Shanghai Lily

“- Dan: Imagine finding you here.
- Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.”
John Wayne - Dan
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou

“- Frenchy: Get out before I kill you!
- Tom Destry Jr.: You mean you haven't been tryin'?”
Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy

“Tomorrow is another day.”
Marlene Dietrich - Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones