Marlene Dietrich

"Freedom is worth fighting for."

"Knowledge is power."

"Time reveals all things."

"Happiness is a choice."

"Success requires sacrifice."

"True friendship is rare."

"Family bonds are sacred."

"Hope springs eternal."

"Courage is contagious."

"Education liberates the mind."

"I wish that all of nature's richness was not always to be taste-tested by the poor, while the rich looked on."

"The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs."

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."

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

"I have been loved by a man. That is everything."

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby."

"Glamour is not something that comes from clothes. It's something that comes from the spirit."

"I love the dress. I love the makeup. I love the hair. It's not vanity; it's an art."

"Darling, one's life simply isn't a church social."

"A man's sexuality is his own business, unless he makes it everybody's business."

"I do not believe in God, but I believe in Goethe, Bach, Beethoven, and the best of humanity."

"The best revenge is an extremely good show."

"I have no regrets. Whatever I have done, I have done because I wanted to."

"People on the outside think there's something wrong with you, but there's nothing wrong with you."

"Courage and grace are powerful things."

"I am, at heart, a gentleman."

"One doesn't have to look like a girl in order to be one."

"Felicitas has always been my mistress—not woman, but felicitas."

"The secret of wit is knowing when to stop."

"I've played more girls than any actress in the world."