Quotes from Audrey Hepburn

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

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.

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

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.

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

Paris is always a good idea.

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

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.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

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.

It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.

As much as I loved the art and discipline of the dance, it didn't love me!

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.

When I get married, I want to be really married

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!

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

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.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

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?

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.

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

If I get married, I want to be very married.

Laughing is the best calorie burner.

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