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)
My secret weapon was my brain.
Torpedoes guided by radio? Why not?
Hollywood taught me glamour, but Europe taught me intellect.
Innovation comes from necessity and a bit of madness.
I was more interested in gears than gowns.
Success in invention requires persistence.
The camera loves confidence.
Life's greatest adventure is self-discovery.
I invented to contribute, not to conquer.
Beauty fades, but brains endure.
In acting, timing is everything; in invention, it's precision.
War made me an inventor, peace made me an artist.
Don't let stereotypes define you.
My frequency-hopping patent was born from piano keys and player pianos.
Glamour is an illusion; reality is invention.
I laughed at the idea of being just a pretty face.
The future belongs to those who innovate.
Love is like a invention; it needs maintenance.
In my later years, I found peace in reflection.
Rejection fueled my creativity.
Contemporaries of Hedy Lamarr
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000).