Happy Birthday Greta Garbo!

I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.

Wirklich reich ist ein Mench nur dann, wenn er das Herz eines geliebten Menschen besitzt.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

Verliebt ist jeder einmal. Aber heiraten? Ich habe immer dieses übermächtige Verlangen, allein zu sein.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

Gib mir einen Whisky, Baby, und sei nicht geizig.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

Das schwächere Geschlecht ist das stärkere - wegen der Schwäche des stärkeren für das schwächere.

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.

Ich habe das Inkognito schon immer gemocht. Das ist eine Art Ölzeug, das man überzieht, um den Stürmen der Neugierde zu trotzen.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

Es gibt Frauen, die von Jahr zu Jahr unschuldiger werden.

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

Ich habe nie gesagt, ich liebe das Alleinsein. Ich habe gesagt, ich möchte in Ruhe gelassen werden. Das ist ein Unterschied.

I want to be alone.

Wirklich reich ist ein Mensch nur dann, wenn er das Herz eines geliebten Menschen besitzt.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.

I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.