Quotes from Marlene Dietrich

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

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

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

The lover says How beautiful you are, now that you love me.

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

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.

Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.

The lover says: How beautiful you are, now that you love me

Love is I know not what, which comes from I know not where and finishes I know not how.

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.