Quotes from Brigitte Bardot

I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

I'm not an extremist, you know.

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.

Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.

My favourite animals are dogs.

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.

Success is unpredictable and fragile.

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.

Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me.

I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

People are forever finding something wrong with you.

I am against the Islamisation of France.

I am typically French.

I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.

I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded.

My private life became public.