Quotes by Greta Garbo

“How can one change one's entire life and build a new one on one moment of love? And yet, that's what you make me want to close my eyes and do.”

“I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.”

“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, whe...”

“Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.”

“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.”

“I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know.”

“Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“I want to be alone.”

“Snow is like a wide sea. One could go out and be lost in it and forget the world, and oneself.”

“I never said "I want to be alone." I only said "I want to be left alone." There is all the difference.”

“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.”

“I never said, I want to be alone. I only said, I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.”

“I am bewildered by the thousands of strange people who write me letters. They do not know me. Why do they do that?”

“I t'ank I go home.”