Anna Held Quotes

One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.

For a married woman to flirt is a sin.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

I know I am very beautiful.

I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams.

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.