Sophia Loren Quotes

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

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

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it’s a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you will become a general. If you become a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I became a painter, and wound up as Picasso.

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

I was the first woman to burn my bra – it took the fire department four days to put it out.

Sex appeal is 50% what you’ve got and 50% what people think you’ve got.

Sophia Loren Quotes part 2

It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.

I’ve always had the will to win. I felt it baking cookies. I wanted to be the best in the world.

When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.

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

I’ve never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don’t understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

I’m a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don’t have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.

I want to live to be 110. I want to be the oldest person in the world.

Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

When you get to a certain age, you have to be happy with who you are.

You don’t have to be a movie star to be a commander-in-chief. You just have to communicate your vision clearly enough to get elected.

Beauty is a terrible thing to waste.

I’m a woman, a mother, a grandmother, I’ve been a wife. So when I speak about the roles that women play, I can speak with authority.

Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.

You have to enjoy your work; it’s the only way to spend your life.

I’m a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It’s a pretty dumb animal, mind you.

I saw cannoli as a great equalizer. A great treat for those who want some indulgence, eat a whole one. For those who want just a bite, eat a half, and for those who want to watch their waistline, eat a bite-size one.

A long life is not what I’m after now. I have been through a lot. I have lived with the empty void, the aching loneliness, the deep suffering. Life is a precious gift, but it’s not about growing old and weary. It’s about living every moment. And that is what I am focused on now.

I believe in rinsing clothes in cold water. It doesn’t get the dirt out, but it makes it more interesting.

I firmly believe that as women, we have a responsibility to look out for one another and support each other in our pursuits.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.

I don’t know any women who have a simple life.

Success, like happiness, comes when you least expect it.

I’m a woman, a mother, a grandmother, I’ve been a wife. So when I speak about the roles that women play, I can speak with authority.

I’m not an actress who makes sexy appearance looking for sexy roles. It just happens that I have this body.

I believe women are the most beautiful in the world, and I am a woman myself.

Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.

When you’re a woman, you can never be just a designer.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes.

It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

You have to enjoy your work; it’s the only way to spend your life.