Greta Garbo Professions : Film actress Born : September 18, 1905 Died : April 15, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 56 quotes by Greta Garbo 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. Greta Garbo sorrow heart joy I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I. Greta Garbo yearning-for-something yearning sea Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough. Greta Garbo this-life honest enough There is no one who would have me - I can't cook. Greta Garbo cooks i-can I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference. Greta Garbo funny-love differences freedom Mr. Hitler was big on me. He kept writing and inviting me to come to Germany, and if the war hadn't started when it did, I would have gone and I would have taken a gun out of my purse and shot him, because I am the only person who would not have been searched. Greta Garbo taken writing war Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it. Greta Garbo would-be wonderful reality Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach? Greta Garbo within-reach longing knows Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay. Greta Garbo gay care sick Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. Greta Garbo smile fake-people happiness You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life. Greta Garbo married good-friend partners I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored! Greta Garbo being-bored boredom bored I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean. Greta Garbo because-i-can mean people All alike, you men. You only want the satisfaction of being through with us first, that's all. So far I've had the good fortune of beating you to it. So I am heartless. Greta Garbo heartless want men If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single. Greta Garbo married single blessed There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans. Greta Garbo our-actions plans law Love is a romantic designation for a most ordinary biological process-or, shall we say, chemical-process ... a lot of nonsense is talked and written about it. Greta Garbo chemistry ordinary love-is I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit in a corner by myself, just thinking. Greta Garbo long children thinking I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong. Greta Garbo strong wish It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country. Greta Garbo country years thinking Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors
