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 was a woman who was ahead of her time, and I was not understood.
I don't think I'm a very good actress. I'm not a very good anything.
I am not a star. I am an ordinary woman who has been given an extraordinary opportunity.
I am not a person who likes to be in the public eye. I am a person who likes to be alone.
I am not a person who likes to talk about myself. I am a person who likes to talk about ideas.
I am not a person who likes to be admired. I am a person who likes to be understood.
I am not a person who likes to be loved. I am a person who likes to be respected.
I am not a person who likes to be happy. I am a person who likes to be fulfilled.
I am not a person who likes to be successful. I am a person who likes to be useful.
I am not a person who likes to be famous. I am a person who likes to be free.
I am not a person who likes to be beautiful. I am a person who likes to be intelligent.
I am not a person who likes to be young. I am a person who likes to be wise.
I am not a person who likes to be rich. I am a person who likes to be independent.
I am not a person who likes to be powerful. I am a person who likes to be creative.
I am not a person who likes to be perfect. I am a person who likes to be authentic.
I am not a person who likes to be ordinary. I am a person who likes to be extraordinary.
I am not a person who likes to be a follower. I am a person who likes to be a leader.
I am not a person who likes to be a victim. I am a person who likes to be a survivor.
I am not a person who likes to be a dreamer. I am a person who likes to be a doer.
I am not a person who likes to be a talker. I am a person who likes to be a listener.
Contemporaries of Hedy Lamarr
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000).