Марлен Дитрих: Цитаты на английском языке

“You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.”

“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.”

“In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.”

“Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.”

“The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.”

“Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.”

“To lose your prejudices you must travel.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.”

“The legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.”

“The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.”

“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”

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

“I am at heart a gentleman.”

“Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.”

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