Audrey Hepburn Quotes (52 Quotes)


    The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

    I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

    When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

    Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

    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.


    I went through a period of first successes. Then there was the inevitable change the bad newspaper articles. Some people don't care about that, but I do. I'm hurt. I feel it. I don't think I've done anything dreadful. Sometimes you do things for reasons the press doesn't know. But I'm happy to go on as I have.

    I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

    My life isn't theories and formulas. It's part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I've absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone ... from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.

    I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

    My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.

    I never expected to be a star, never counted on it, never even wanted it. Not that I didn't enjoy it all when it happened.

    I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

    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.

    A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.

    I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

    I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

    Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

    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.

    All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air. With one enormous chair Oh wouldn't it be loverly Lots of choc'late for me to eat Lots of coal makin' lots of heat. Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet, Oh wouldn't it be loverly Oh, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still I would never budge 'til Spring crept over my window sill. Someone's head restin' on my knee Warm and tender as he can be, Who takes good care of me Oh wouldn't it be loverly Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.


    There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

    The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

    Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

    If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.


    The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

    There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.


    I'm just crazy about Tiffany's - Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Let me tell you something, Mister. If I had her money, I'd be richer than she is.' - Breakfast at Tiffany's

    The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

    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. In fact, I hiccup more than most.

    People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

    Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.

    Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

    For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

    If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

    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.

    I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

    Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.

    As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

    I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.


    I tried always to do better saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

    I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

    I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features.

    I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

    It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

    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.

    I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.


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