Anita Loos Quotes

   c.1893 - 1981

US  writer,  best  known  for  her  satirical  novel  Gentleman  Prefer Blondes (1925). She also wrote plays, screenplays and memoirs.

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The Eyefull Tower is devine.

1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Anita Loos
— 1925   Title of novel, and subsequently a film starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell (1953).

Tags: Gentlemen, Blondes

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So this gentleman said a girl with brains ought to do something more with them besides think.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.1.

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Gentlemen always seem to remember blondes.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.1.

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She said she always believed in the old adage,'Leave them while you're looking good.'

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.1.

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You have got to be a Queen to get away with a hat like that.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.

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Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.

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So I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever. 517

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.

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Fun is fun but no girl wants to laugh all of the time.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4

Tags: Fun, girl, wants, laugh, time

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So then Dr Froyd said that all I needed was to cultivate a few inhibitions and get some sleep.

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— 1925  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.5.

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So then he said that he used to be a member of the choir himself, so who was he to cast the first rock at a girl like I.

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— Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, chapter 5 (1925)

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Tallulah never bored anyone, and I consider that humanitarianism of a very high order indeed.

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— 1968  Eulogy at Tallulah Bankhead's funeral. Reported in the NewYork Times,17 Dec.

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I'm furious about the Woman's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.

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— Quoted in the Observer, 30 Dec1973.

Tags: furious, keep, proclaiming, women, brighter, men, true, kept, quiet

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