Live Life Team
Audrey Hepburn, the woman with class, grace and true beauty, a real lady. Her movies are still legendary and will continue to live on in film history. She had some pretty great and memorable lines. Here are her top ten.
10. ‘You’re like this house. You suffer, you show your wounds, but you stand.’
From ‘War and Peace’
It’s a solid, concrete metaphor and works perfectly in this film.
9. ‘I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn’t possibly meet anyone else.’ From ‘Charade’
Funny and honest in an odd way, too many awful people make things unbearable.
8. ‘At midnight, I’ll turn into a pumpkin and drive away in my glass slipper.’
From ‘Roman Holiday’
Every little girl’s fantasy.
7. ‘They’re very odd people, you know. When they’re young, they have their teeth straightened, their tonsils taken out and gallons of vitamins pumped into them. Something happens to their insides! They become immunised, mechanised, air-conditioned and hydromatic. I’m not even sure whether he has a heart. He’s an American.’
From ‘Love in the Afternoon’
Very amusing! It’s biting and witty, the perfect combination of cruelty, surprise and delightful humour.
6. ‘Did you notice he almost never smiles, While I was singing, I turned around suddenly and caught him looking at me and he was smiling then. And I felt – but it’s almost impossible to describe – I felt as if someone had given me the most enormous, beautiful present.’
From ‘War and Peace’
How lovely. It is the small things that are worth so much more than all the big things combined. All the material things mean nothing in comparison to something as simple, but meaningful as a smile.
5. ‘I’ve never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my dress off, it’s MOST unusual.’
From ‘Roman Holiday’
Delightful and funny! Said in true Audrey fashion.
4. ‘The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves but how she is treated.’
From ‘My Fair Lady’
Very true, because it is how one is treated, based on their age or appearance of age. Often these appearances are deceiving and the truth is misconstrued.
3. ‘Well, it was pitch dark and there he was. Tall, blue eyes, slim, quite good-looking… in a brutal, mean way, Papa. A terrible man!’
From ‘How To Steal A Million’
Those darn good-looking fellows.
2. ‘I have learnt how to live – how to be “in the world” and “of the world”, and not just to stand aside and watch. I will never, never again run away from life.’
From ‘Sabrina’
Great advice. She’s saying you should actual live your life instead of watching others live theirs.
1. ‘I’ll tell you one thing, Fred, darling… I’d marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money,’
From ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’
Funny and fun, with some truth behind it, the best kind of humour around.
