Hedy Lamarr
An Austrian-born American film actress and inventor who co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping.
Most quoted
"I'm a very good cook and a very good homemaker. I'm a very good wife and mother. I'm a very good friend. I'm a very good person. I'm a very good actress. I'm a very good inventor. I'm a very good everything."
— from Attributed Quote
"My face has been my misfortune. It has attracted six unsuccessful marriage partners. It has attracted all the wrong people into my boudoir and brought me tragedy and heartache for five decades."
— from Autobiography 'Ecstasy and Me', 1966
"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."
— from Autobiography 'Ecstasy and Me', 1966
All quotes by Hedy Lamarr (374)
I'm not an actress. I'm a woman who has been in pictures.
I believe that the mind is the most powerful thing in the world.
I don't want to be remembered as a movie star. I want to be remembered as a human being.
I'm not interested in money. I'm interested in ideas.
I have a very strong will. I always get what I want.
I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not afraid of death. I'm not afraid of life.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be happy.
I'm a very private person. I don't like to talk about myself.
I never thought of myself as beautiful. I always thought of myself as intelligent.
I don't regret anything. I've had a wonderful life.
I'm a very curious person. I always want to know how things work.
I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be independent.
I'm not a feminist. I'm a woman.
I think that the most important thing in life is to love and be loved.
I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be true to herself.
I'm not a perfect person. I make mistakes. But I always try to learn from them.
I think that the most important thing in life is to have a purpose.
I'm a very spiritual person. I believe in God.
I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be strong.
I think that the most important thing in life is to be kind.
Contemporaries of Hedy Lamarr
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000).