Hepburn came into the limelight in 1953 after appearing as a lead in Roman Holiday. She won three awards for her performance in the movie including a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award.
Her style and personality made her one of the most popular public figures.
- The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.
- Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.
- There is one difference between a long life and a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last.
- I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
- For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime.
- For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart.
- A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.
- I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously –
- Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
- There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.
- When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.
- And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!
- The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
- 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
- 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.
- Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
- Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.
- Everything I learned I learned from the movies.
- Your heart just breaks, that’s all. But you can’t judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.
- You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
- I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
- As a matter of fact, I rather feel like expressing myself now.
- My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.
- Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to 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.
- I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.
- 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.
- If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
- I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.
- 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.
- Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.
- 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.
- The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.