Audrey Hepburn

“I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family.”

“Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?”

“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.”

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”

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

“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?”

“As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it... Either you have to face up to it and tell yourself you're not going to be eighteen all your life, or be prepared for a terrible shock when you see the wrinkles and white hair. Getting older doesn't frighten me, but I wish I didn't have to because I like life a lot.”

“If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.”

“There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?”

“My goal was not to have huge luxuries. As a child, I wanted a house with a garden, which I have today. This is what I dreamed of. I’d never worry about age if I knew I could go on being loved and having the possibility to love... So it isn’t age or even death that one fears, as much as loneliness and the lack of affection.”

“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?”

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

“Ricorda, se hai bisogno di una mano la troverai alla fine del tuo braccio. Remember, if you need a hand you'll find it at the end of your arm.”

“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.”

“Ive had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties Ive gone through, Ive always gotten a prize at the end.”

“Thursday? Oh no, it can't be! It's too gruesome.”

“I hate girls that giggle all the time... You hate any girl that David looks at.”

“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.”

“I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.”

“I will not rest until no child goes hungry. All is possible.”

“[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.”

“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.”

“And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.”

“Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.”

“Life is a party. Dress for it.”

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

“Happy girls are always the prettiest”

“...walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

“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.”

“True friends are families which you can select.”

“I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.”

“There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality.”

“For entertainment, a party bears no one in as much as those who are not there. ­”

“To be happy - that's all that matters.”

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong”

“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.”

“I think sex is overrated. I don't have sex appeal and I know it. As a matter of fact, I think I'm rather funny looking. My teeth are funny, for one thing, and I have none of the attributes usually required for a movie queen, including the shapeliness.”

“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.”

“You mustnt give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.”

“Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets”

“It's sad if people think that's (homemaking) a dull existance, [but] you can't just buy an apartment and furnish it and walk away. It's the flowers you choose, the music you play, the smile you have waiting. I want it to be gay and cheerful, a haven in this troubled world. I don't want my husband and children to come home and find a rattled woman. Our era is already rattled enough, isn't it?”

“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.”

“There is a shade of red for every woman.”

“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.”

“Pick the day. Enjoy it– to the hilt.”

“My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.”

“To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.”

“I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.”

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

“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.”