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 a dancer. I'm just a woman who loves to move.
I'm not a painter. I'm just a woman who loves color.
I'm not a sculptor. I'm just a woman who loves form.
I'm not a poet. I'm just a woman who loves words.
I'm not a dreamer. I'm just a woman who believes in possibilities.
I'm not a pessimist. I'm just a woman who sees the world as it is.
I'm not a cynic. I'm just a woman who questions everything.
I'm not a conformist. I'm just a woman who marches to the beat of her own drum.
I'm not a rebel. I'm just a woman who stands up for what she believes in.
I'm not a saint. I'm just a woman who tries to do her best.
I'm not a goddess. I'm just a woman who is trying to find her way in the world.
I'm not a guru. I'm just a woman who has learned a few things along the way.
I'm not a fortune teller. I'm just a woman who believes in the power of the future.
I'm not a magician. I'm just a woman who believes in the magic of life.
I'm not a queen. I'm just a woman who wears her crown with pride.
I'm not a princess. I'm just a woman who knows her worth.
I'm not a star. I'm just a woman who shines her own light.
I'm not a hero. I'm just a woman who did what she had to do.
I'm not a villain. I'm just a woman who made some mistakes.
I'm not a saint. I'm just a woman who is trying to be good.
Contemporaries of Hedy Lamarr
Other Inventions born within 50 years of Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000).