“I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that much about women's clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they'll like her clothes.”
Women
“I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.”
WomenAll Quotes by Hedy Lamarr
“I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.”
Death“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.”
Business“My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.”
Beauty“The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.”
Success“I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.”
Money“Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.”
Marriage“It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.”
Funny“I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.”
Travel“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.”
Dad“I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.”
Women“I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.”
Death“One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.”
Hope“I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.”
Health“Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.”
Home“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”
Freedom“If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.”
Hope“Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.”
Marriage“I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.”
Money“The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.”
Marriage