Audrey Hepburn Quotes
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There must be something wrong with those people who think Audrey Hepburn doesn’t perspire, hiccup or sneeze, because they know that’s not true. I n fact, I hiccup more than most.
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I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
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Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.
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This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.
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If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.
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I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.
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Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?
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And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.
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I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.
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If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.
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And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.
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Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.
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If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.
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There is more to sex appeal than just measurements.
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People in these places don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF.
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You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.
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Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.
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Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.
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You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.
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Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.
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Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.
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If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.
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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
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The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.