Audrey Hepburn

Actress, humanitarian

Modern influential 114 sayings

Sayings by Audrey Hepburn

I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.

Unknown, before 1993 — Attributed quote
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Oh I love you Adam, Alex, Peter, Brian, whatever your name is. I hope we have a lot of boys and we can name them all after you!

1966 — Movie quote, likely from 'How to Steal a Million' (1966)
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I thought he was just a rat. He was a Super Rat all along.

1963 — Movie quote, likely from 'Charade' (1963)
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I mean any gentleman with the slightest chic will give a girl a fifty dollar bill for the powder room.

1961 — Movie quote, likely from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (1961)
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Wenn man im Mittelpunkt einer Party stehen will, darf man nicht hingehen. (If you want to be the center of a party, you shouldn't go.)

1950s (approx.) — Attributed quote, from 'Fifties in Vogue'
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There is one difference between a long life and a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last.

Unknown, before 1993 — Attributed quote
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I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick.

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Paris is always a good idea.

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

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I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

Unknown, before 1993 — Attributed quote, part of a longer 'I believe in pink' quote
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I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I'm just a woman who loves her family and makes a living doing what she loves.

1992 — Interview with Life Magazine
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Why change? Everyone has their own style. When you've found it, you should stick to it.

1950s — Reported quote
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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.

1992 — Reported quote, often attributed to her final interview
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There is a moral to this story: love is not to be trifled with.

1964 — From the film 'My Fair Lady'
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If I get married, I want to be very married.

1950s — Reported quote
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I'm not a legend or an icon. I'm one of those people who've lived a life. I'm a person, not a thing.

1992 — Interview with Barbara Walters
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I never thought I'd be in pictures. I never thought I'd be an actress. I never thought I'd be married. I never thought I'd have children. I never thought I'd be working for UNICEF. I'm astounded by life.

1989 — Interview
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People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

1980s — Reported quote
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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 all in at once.

1980s — Reported quote
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I may not be a man, but I have a man's brain, and I can be just as difficult and demanding as any man.

1961 — Said during filming of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', reported by crew
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