Greta Garbo Quotes

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

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

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

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.

Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

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.

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

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

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

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

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.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.

Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.

I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

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.

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.

it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.

I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise.

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.