Corinne Anita Loos, 1888 - 1981

MGM publicity photo by Clarence S. Bull (1932)
Born: 26 April 1888, Sisson, California (Mount Shasta today)
Died: 18 August 1981, New York City
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- A kiss on the hand may make a girl feel very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever. permalink
Anita Loos - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) - Beauty combined with lack of brains is extremely deleterious to the health. permalink
Anita Loos - Fate keeps on happening. permalink
Anita Loos - Gentlemen prefer blondes. permalink
Anita Loos - I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home. permalink
Anita Loos - I can never take for granted the euphoria produced by a cup of coffee. I'm grateful every day that it isn't banned as a drug, that I don't have to buy it from a pusher, that its cost is minimal and there's no need to increase the intake. I can count on its stimulation 365 mornings every year. And thanks to the magic in a cup of coffee, I'm able to plunge into a whole day's cheerful thinking. permalink
Anita Loos - Cast of Thousands (1977) - I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk. permalink
Anita Loos - I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever. permalink
Anita Loos - I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company. permalink
Anita Loos - It isn't that gentlemen really prefer blondes, it's just that we look dumber. permalink
Anita Loos - It's true that the French have a certain obsession with sex, but it's a particularly adult obsession. France is the thriftiest of all nations; to a Frenchman sex provides the most economical way to have fun. permalink
Anita Loos - Memory is more indelible than ink. permalink
Anita Loos - On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach. permalink
Anita Loos - Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free. permalink
Anita Loos - Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. permalink
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