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 am not a person who likes to be a conformist. I am a person who likes to be self-determining.
I am not a person who likes to be a conformist. I am a person who likes to be self-actualizing.
I wasn't a sex symbol. I was a good actress. I was a good inventor. I was a good person.
I don't have to be a movie star. I can be an inventor. I can be anything I want to be.
The public is often wrong. They want to see you as a certain type, and it's hard to break free.
I am not a machine. I am a human being with feelings and thoughts.
I believe in freedom of expression, even if it means being controversial.
Beauty is a curse as well as a blessing.
I never thought of myself as beautiful. I just thought of myself as me.
My mind is my most valuable asset.
I don't regret anything I've done. I've learned from my mistakes.
Hollywood is a strange place. It can make you or break you.
I always wanted to be more than just a pretty face.
The world needs more inventors, not just actors.
I was ahead of my time. People didn't understand me.
I'm not afraid to be different.
I believe in pushing boundaries.
My life has been a series of adventures.
I never let anyone tell me what I can or cannot do.
I'm a survivor. I've been through a lot, but I'm still here.
Contemporaries of Hedy Lamarr
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000).