Quotes By Anna Held

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

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 do not say anything from jealousy.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.

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.

To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.

One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

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

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

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.

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

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

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

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

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

For a married woman to flirt is a sin.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

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

I know I am very beautiful.

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

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

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.