Audrey Hepburn Quotes
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I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.
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For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
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It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don't ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.
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I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
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Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.
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And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.
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When I wear a silk scarf I never feel so definitely like a woman, a beautiful woman.
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I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.
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On her UNICEF work: I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.
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Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
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You can only hope to get a combination of happy work and a happy life.
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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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The most important job in life is being a mom.
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I have always had a reputation for being frugal - less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.
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True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
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I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.
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Whatever a man might do, whatever misery or heartache your children might give you - and they give you a lot - however much your parents irritate you - it doesn't matter because you love them.
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We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life.
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If you lead a simple life, and that story is written, then that story will not satisfy. It needs an angle. Suppose there is no angle?
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The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.
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When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.
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I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.
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What would be awful would be to die and look back miserably - seeing only the bad things, the opportunities missed, or what could have been.
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I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.