Brigitte Bardot was a French actress, singer, dancer, and model who rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s. She was known for her sex appeal and her controversial roles in films such as And God Created Woman and Contempt. Bardot was a major sex symbol of the 1960s and is still considered an iconic figure in the history of French cinema. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Brigitte Bardot on animals, sensual, iconic.
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I leave before being left. I decide.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
Fashion may not be a weapon of the woman but at least it gives her the ammunition.
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.
When you're thirty you're old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?
I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
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It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. — Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot Short Quotes
It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.
Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I am tired.
Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.
I have never put a gun to anyone's head to obligate him to marry me.
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
Unfortunately, I am not like a snail or a turtle, and I can't take my houses with me when I move.
If this fame, which people call my lucky break,
were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care
The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.
I never do anything by chance.
I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.
Brigitte Bardot Quotes About Animals
I think animals help us live; they've helped me live. It was only when I began to devote myself to protecting animals that I blossomed completely. Taking care of them, looking out for them, has given my life true meaning, a meaning I hope future generations can experience. — Brigitte Bardot
I am a woman that defends animals, right, left, and in the centre. Animals aren't political. — Brigitte Bardot
If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals. — Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot Quotes About Love
I don't think when I make love. — Brigitte Bardot
I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below. — Brigitte Bardot
I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love. — Brigitte Bardot
I have not always loved wisely, but I was young. — Brigitte Bardot
Death was like love, a romantic escape. — Brigitte Bardot
Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts. — Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot Famous Quotes And Sayings
Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals are made of flesh and blood like us, that they suffer the same pains as us, that they deserve the same respect as us and that their continuous slaughter should not be part of human entertainment. — Brigitte Bardot
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. — Brigitte Bardot
On the outside one is a star. But in reality, one is completely alone, doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world. — Brigitte Bardot
[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public. — Brigitte Bardot
Unfortunately these are not isolated incidents, and the people of Reunion are the first to be horrified by this despicable barbarity which mars the image of their island. — Brigitte Bardot
Peanut butter is pâté for children. — Brigitte Bardot
The myth of Bardot is finished, but Brigitte is me. — Brigitte Bardot
The page has turned. Cinema is finished for me. — Brigitte Bardot
I have no regrets. If I wanted to keep acting, I would have never left the cinema. — Brigitte Bardot
I really am a cat transformed into a woman. — Brigitte Bardot
It is better to be wrong than correct with no desire to be. — Brigitte Bardot
Success is unpredictable and fragile. — Brigitte Bardot
Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer. — Brigitte Bardot
I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness." — Brigitte Bardot
I am no mother, and I won't be one. — Brigitte Bardot
I never force myself to dance or sing. — Brigitte Bardot
I didn't throw myself off my balcony only because I knew people would photograph me lying dead. — Brigitte Bardot
Was it me that Botticelli imagined? — Brigitte Bardot
I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one. — Brigitte Bardot
If people don't like me, I become very plain. — Brigitte Bardot
No more hard work than look beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight. — Brigitte Bardot
Percentages are why I am rich. — Brigitte Bardot
Fame had brought me so much unhappiness. — Brigitte Bardot
I do not understand girls who imagine that something forbidden. You can prohibit someone, but did not imagine. — Brigitte Bardot
Life Lessons by Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot taught us to be unapologetically ourselves and to never let anyone else define who we are. She was a strong advocate for animal rights and was never afraid to stand up for what she believed in.
She also showed us the importance of living life to the fullest, enjoying every moment, and not taking life too seriously.
Finally, Brigitte Bardot taught us to be confident in our own skin and to never be afraid to express ourselves.
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