wisdom and high heels

Ginger Rogers




[About Fred Astaire] "Sure he was great, but don't forget Ginger Rogers did everything he did backwards . . . and in high heels!"

Marlene Dietrich



"How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone."

"I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself."

"Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret."

"[The lover says:] How beautiful you are, now that you love me"

"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

"Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact."

Greta Garbo:




"Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them."


Mae West




"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

"Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

"I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."

"Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired."

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

Louis XIV



"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."