Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor. She helped invent spread-spectrum communication techniques using frequency hopping. Inspirational Hedy Lamarr quotes will motivate you to take action and keep you positive during challenges.
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Famous Hedy Lamarr Quotations
The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything time to work, time to play, time to rest. Hedy Lamarr
I don’t fear death because I don’t fear anything I don’t understand. Hedy Lamarr.
Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him. Hedy Lamarr
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid. Hedy Lamarr
All creative people want to do the unexpected. Hedy Lamarr
Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody. Hedy Lamarr.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid. Hedy Lamarr
I was madly in love with life. Hedy Lamarr.
Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me and still is. Hedy Lamarr
All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel. Hedy Lamarr.
Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever. Hedy Lamarr
If I were to name my favorite pastime, I’d have to say talking about myself We need people like us, more listeners and less talkers. Hedy Lamarr
Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody. Hedy Lamarr
I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. Hedy Lamarr
Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him. Hedy Lamarr
Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake. Hedy Lamarr
All creative people want to do the unexpected. Hedy Lamarr
I was madly in love with life. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet. Hedy Lamarr
Men are fine, love is fine, it’s marriage I’m a little disappointed in. Hedy Lamarr.
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. Hedy Lamarr
Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head. Hedy Lamarr.
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. Hedy Lamarr
Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did it twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa? Hedy Lamarr
Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It’s OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat Hedy Lamarr
I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities. Hedy Lamarr
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. Hedy Lamarr
Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever. 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. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. Hedy Lamarr
I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance. Hedy Lamarr
To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty. Hedy Lamarr
A man does not try to find out what is inside. He does not try to scratch the surface. If he did he might find something much more beautiful than the shape of a nose or the color of an eye. Hedy Lamarr
If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude I hope to make you use your imagination. Hedy Lamarr
We have to take control of our technology and use it for the good of society.
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way. Hedy Lamarr
I am a woman who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. Hedy Lamarr
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. Hedy Lamarr
A woman who knows her own mind is a force to be reckoned with. Hedy Lamarr
I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win. Hedy Lamarr
I want to help people to understand that they have a power within themselves that is greater than anything else in this world. It’s the power of creativity. The power of invention. Hedy Lamarr
Men are fine, love is fine, it’s a marriage I’m a little disappointed in. Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr is one of the most famous women in history for her contributions to technology. She is known for her work on secret codes that helped win World War II, but she is also famous for her quotes about owning your power.
If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist’s office. Hedy Lamarr
