Brigitte Bardot

"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."

"It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be."

"I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro."

"Aging is inevitable, but staying young is optional."

"I would like to be remembered as someone who used her fame for good causes."

"The secret of my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."

"Brigitte is not a star, she's just a woman who knows how to live."

"Animals have no conscience, and I respect them for it."

"I love love, but I think marriage is not for me."

"Pity should begin at home, and yet should not end there."

"I myself have never been able to understand where the love of grief comes from."

"The pleasure that I take in giving is as much as the pleasure that I take in receiving."

"It is often those of us who have fought the hardest for our freedom who can best appreciate its value."

"I really believe that beauty comes from health - that it's natural beauty, real beauty."

"What I really love is nature. Everything else is just secondary."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"I am convinced that there are times in every woman's life when she is more of a woman than at other times."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being stoned in the streets."

"I don't regret anything I've done. I regret things I didn't do."

"The beauty of a woman grows with passing years."

"People are not interested in you. They are interested in themselves."

"Happiness is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I should know."

"I would say that I had come to a place where I was content."

"I have always believed that one should never, never abandon a friend when he needs you most."

"Don't aim to make money; aim to be successful, then money will come."

"Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go."

"The only thing I have that is of real value is my solitude and my freedom."

"I think it is important to carry a lot of joy in your life."

"The most beautiful thing in life is to see someone you love being happy."