 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. |
| I never enjoyed working in a film. |
| 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. |
| I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. |
| 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. |
| In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact. |
| 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. |
| The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. |
| Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him. |
| Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves. |
| There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. |
| Grumbling is the death of love. |
| Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. |
| If there is a supreme being, he's crazy. |
| Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. |
| Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret. |
| When you're dead, you're dead. That's it. |
| Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. |
| I am at heart a gentleman. |
| 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. |
