It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
They want you to bring out your intestines.
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.
I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
You're never lonely with a book.
Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
I never enjoyed working in a film.
Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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.
Its the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter.
Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
On Politeness : Easy to learn. Easy to practice.
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.
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.
There is a quiet place where no one disturbs you.
The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
Grumbling is the death of love.
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.
H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.
It is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed by someone wiser than oneself.
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
Tenderness is the greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.
I am at heart a gentleman.
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.
I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
I am not a myth.
If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
A man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman-- any woman-- with beautiful legs.
The lover says How beautiful you are now that you love me.
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.
What remains is solitude.
I am, at heart, a gentleman.
Patience can become second nature, if taught early enough. One of those gifts to your children for which you will be hated first and loved later.
Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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.
When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
