Marlene Dietrich

"In the course of her lifetime, a woman ought to have at least one affair. Mine came too late in life for me to enjoy it as I should have."

"Courage and grace are not just attributes; they are choices we make every single day."

"The secret of success is to own nothing, but to control everything."

"It's so much easier to be exciting than it is to be boring, yet some men never discover this."

"I don't think I shall ever have another love story, but this life is very pleasant and I am very content."

"One can forgive everything of the past except its success."

"Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. It is mentioned statistics, that those children who are disciplined are often the most creative and successful in life."

"I never looked back; I did not see tears."

"Give me a tired woman any day. A tired woman has so much more to offer."

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

"Any woman can look glamorous if she stands still and wears a bodysuit."

"The world belongs to those who seize it with both hands."

"I believe in the power of the human spirit."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"I suppose that's what keeps me going—the idea that there is always another chapter."

"Music has always been my first love, the language of my heart."

"History teaches us that we learn nothing from history."

"The danger of any civilization is that it evolves into a system of repression."

"I have been born and I shall die. In between, I shall create."

"The most important thing is not to be bitter. Life is too short for that."

"I never discuss women. It's ungracious to gossip about the living and cruel to the dead."

"A man who wants to see the truth about you goes to the trouble of searching for it. The others settle for an image."

"Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction."

"I became a legend in my own time by simply refusing to fit into anyone's mold."

"The temptation to moralize is so strong for women that the best of them succumb to it."

"Men cluster into groups. Women scatter. I scatter."

"I think on balance we are a kinder, gentler society than we were, though we have a long way to go."

"What is important is that we remember what we can learn from the past."

"In every woman there is a spark that can ignite the world."

"The beautiful thing about getting older is that you stop trying to please everybody."