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Hedy Lamarr

(1914–2000) Inventor United States

81 quotes in 350 categories

Hedy Lamarr compares how men pay cash for women and women pay with emotion, pointing out the uneven exchange. She says scared money always loses and that not caring can be a win. She also jokes that experts miss the fine points, even on big topics.

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Hedy Lamarr was an inventor from the United States, best known for Ecstasy and me.

Quick Facts About Hedy Lamarr

Born: November 9, 1914
Died: January 19, 2000
Nationality: United States
Profession: Inventor
Notable works: Ecstasy and me
Known for: Ecstasy, Experiment Perilous, Samson and Delilah, The Strange Woman, Algiers
Spouse: Friedrich Mandl

About Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II.

Awards & Honors

National Inventors Hall of Fame EFF Award star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Q137870547

Quotes by Hedy Lamarr

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

Creative

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[Suggesting her epitaph:] This is too deep for me.

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I have never liked bargains when it came to sex.

Bargains

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I was madly in love with life.

Life

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I still look good, though.

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Men are fine, love is fine, it's marriage I'm a little disappointed in.

Disappointed

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Would you believe I was a famous star? It's the truth.

Astronomy

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

America

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That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

Entertainment

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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

Complaints

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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

Boredom

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Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.

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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his…

Crosby

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I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems…

Blessing

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I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man…

Men

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Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult…

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I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

Advantage

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I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing…

Attention

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I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other…

Ashamed

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Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to…

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The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The…

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

Feminism

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“It's easy to look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

Girls

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I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.

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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Compromise

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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

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Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

Girl

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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him.

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Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

Age

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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

Art

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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

Art

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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.

Care

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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

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Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.

Bakery

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

Analysis

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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and…

Art

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American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.

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I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If…

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“Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn,…

Age

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Hedy Lamarr by topic

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