Hedy Lamarr Quotes

“Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid.”

“Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid.”

“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. That's what I've always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world.”

“I always loved designing, but the context needs to be right, and have a positive perspective.”

“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.”

“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.”

“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.”