I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.
The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get w...
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The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a "sleeping dictionary". Of course, I have only been married five times and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.
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[on Cary Grant] They are trying to show he's a great lover, but they will never prove it to me.
[on Cary Grant] They are trying to show he's a great lover, but they will never prove it to me.
The best way to attract a man immediately is to have a magnificent bosom and a half-size brain and l...
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The best way to attract a man immediately is to have a magnificent bosom and a half-size brain and let both of them show.
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I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.
As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.
[when asked how many husbands she would had] You mean other than my own?
[when asked how many husbands she would had] You mean other than my own?
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
[on George Sanders, the favorite of her five husbands] I thought he hated women and that was a marve...
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[on George Sanders, the favorite of her five husbands] I thought he hated women and that was a marvelous challenge. When I met him I said, "Mr. Sanders, I'm madly in love with you." And he said, "Mrs. Hilton, how well I understand that.".
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?
I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the "dahling" thing got started?
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.
Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
[after an incident in which she got into a physical altercation with a traffic policeman in Beverly ...
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[after an incident in which she got into a physical altercation with a traffic policeman in Beverly Hills, California] You just cannot drive a Rolls-Royce in Beverly Hills anymore because they have it in for you.
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A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.
A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just becaus...
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Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
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[on solitude] When I'm alone, I can sleep cross ways in bed without an argument.
[on solitude] When I'm alone, I can sleep cross ways in bed without an argument.
Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
Husbands are like fires - they go out when unattended.
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.
[after a fight with boyfriend Porfirio Rubirosa, aka "Rubi", in which he gave her a black eye] Rubi ...
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[after a fight with boyfriend Porfirio Rubirosa, aka "Rubi", in which he gave her a black eye] Rubi loves me. Rubirosa in Spanish means red rose; for me it means black eye. A man only hits a woman if he loves her deeply.
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Man have always liked me and I have always liked men. But I like a mannish man, a man who knows how ...
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Man have always liked me and I have always liked men. But I like a mannish man, a man who knows how to talk to and treat a woman -- not just a man with muscles.
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[as quoted in the book "The Humor of Sex"] Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always ...
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[as quoted in the book "The Humor of Sex"] Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.
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When you are married to an actor, you feel you are nothing but an understudy to him. He only has eye...
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When you are married to an actor, you feel you are nothing but an understudy to him. He only has eyes for himself. It is really the one situation I know of where, with just two people you have a triangle.
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If they had as much adultery going on in New York as they said in the divorce courts, they wouldn't ...
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If they had as much adultery going on in New York as they said in the divorce courts, they wouldn't have had enough time left over to run the subways or mow the grass in Central Park and they would never have a chance to make the beds at the Plaza.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
Macho does not prove mucho.
Macho does not prove mucho.
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.
To a smart girl, men are no problem - they're the answer.
To a smart girl, men are no problem - they're the answer.
The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.
The only place men want depth in a woman is in her décolletage.