Audrey Hepburn Quotes
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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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I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.
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For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.
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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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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.
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Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
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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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Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.
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No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
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A child is a child in any country, whatever the politics. Let's get down to basics. That's what a child forces you to do. Nothing else much matters, there is no complicated diplomacy, when a child is starving. It's simple. And we'd better do something about it. For our sakes, too. That is, if we want to continue to call ourselves human.
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In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.
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Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.
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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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I hope for better things, and I thank God the world is also full of people who want to be genuine and kind.
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I will not rest until no child goes hungry. All is possible.
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Is there anything more important than a child?
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I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
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To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
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Look, whenever I hear or read I’m beautiful, I simply don’t understand it … I’m certainly not beautiful in any conventional way. I didn't make my career on beauty.
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Promise me one thing: don't take me home until I'm drunk - very drunk indeed.