Brigitte Bardot Quotes

No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.

- Brigitte Bardot

Voice, Political, Need, Animal

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Society, Give, Fig

I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Belong, Am, Militant

I'm a girl from a good family who was very well brought up. One day I turned my back on it all and became a bohemian.

- Brigitte Bardot

Very, Became, Brought, Bohemian

As for being a little bunny that never says a word, that is truly the opposite of me.

- Brigitte Bardot

Me, Never, Opposite, Bunny

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Within, Could, Enchanting, Dear

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

- Brigitte Bardot

Cruel, Want, Only, Inhuman

Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.

- Brigitte Bardot

Long, Out, Been, Pesticides

I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.

- Brigitte Bardot

Dirty, Badly, Increasingly, Shameless

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

- Brigitte Bardot

Better, Wanting, Than, Unfaithful

It's better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

- Brigitte Bardot

Better, Wanting, Than, Unfaithful

Yes, I've often been threatened by hunters, by horsemeat butchers, and seal murderers... I am still alive!

- Brigitte Bardot

Been, Still, Hunters, Butcher

They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Call, May, Sinner

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Finding, Childbirth, Am, Pregnancy

I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do.

- Brigitte Bardot

People, Socialist, Very, Horseback

I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. I have respect for Lagerfeld as a man, but I would have so much more for him if he, in turn, respected animals. We do not live in the same world.

- Brigitte Bardot

Turn, Wear, While, Respected

I have the courage of my convictions.

- Brigitte Bardot

Courage, Convictions

If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.

- Brigitte Bardot

Restaurant, Meal, Other, Ruined

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Politically Correct, Misunderstood

I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

- Brigitte Bardot

Mediocre, Very, Starlet, Hardly

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

- Brigitte Bardot

Mind, About, Had, Something Special

I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.

- Brigitte Bardot

Loved, Young, Always, Wisely

I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

- Brigitte Bardot

Time, Desire, Navel, Gaze

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.

- Brigitte Bardot

Free, Some, Side, Unsettled

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Grateful, Distress, Which, Strict

I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

- Brigitte Bardot

Dirty, Same Thing, Putting, Panties

I'm not an extremist, you know.

- Brigitte Bardot

Know, You, Extremist

I am shocking, impertinent and insolent that's how it is.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, How, Impertinent, Insolent

You can be barefoot and have worries.

- Brigitte Bardot

You, Worries, Barefoot

I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself.

- Brigitte Bardot

Myself, Thought, Pretty, Madly

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

- Brigitte Bardot

Mother, She, Wanted, Suitable

I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.

- Brigitte Bardot

Started, Actress, Remained, Lousy

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

- Brigitte Bardot

Tenderness, Them, Understood

It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

- Brigitte Bardot

Away, Your, Whole, Rot

China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals.

- Brigitte Bardot

Cruel, Image, Again, Feelings

Film-making was not at all what I had expected.

- Brigitte Bardot

Expected, Had, Film-Making

There is a certain dignity to being French.

- Brigitte Bardot

Dignity, Being, Certain, French

I am typically French.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Am, French

French courts are backward and politically correct, which is the height of stupidity.

- Brigitte Bardot

Stupidity, Which, Correct, French

I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

- Brigitte Bardot

Want, Scandalous

I adore my houses - they're my refuge - but I detest more and more Saint-Tropez where it's impossible to live: invaded by tourists, social evenings, all of which I avoid and which terrorises me.

- Brigitte Bardot

Social, Evenings, Which, Detest

I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Making, Could, About, Surprised

Death was like love, a romantic escape.

- Brigitte Bardot

Love, Death, Like, Escape

I don't feel old or used up, and I don't have time to waste thinking about aging, because I live only for my cause.

- Brigitte Bardot

Old, Waste, About, Aging

I mourn the fact that my beautiful country has deteriorated in every way.

- Brigitte Bardot

Beautiful, Fact, Country, Deteriorated

When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.

- Brigitte Bardot

Love, My Life, Counting, Entirely

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

- Brigitte Bardot

Teacher, Placed, His, Entirely

If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.

- Brigitte Bardot

Some, Upset, Established, Notions

Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.

- Brigitte Bardot

Law, Will, Which, Decisions

Have you ever heard of a good marriage growing in front of the cameras?

- Brigitte Bardot

Growing, Cameras, Ever, Front

I never get hung up on the past - the memories are too negative.

- Brigitte Bardot

Negative, Never, Too, Hung

My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.

- Brigitte Bardot

Country, Overpopulation, Invaded

Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me.

- Brigitte Bardot

Woman, Need, Always, Publicity

I have to live with both my selves as best I may.

- Brigitte Bardot

Best, Live, May, Selves

I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.

- Brigitte Bardot

Think, Big, Very, Think Big

I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now.

- Brigitte Bardot

Enjoy, Started, Six, Not Interested

I am really not interested in the cinema.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Cinema, Interested, Not Interested

We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.

- Brigitte Bardot

Treat, Streets, Like, Roam

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

- Brigitte Bardot

Change, Minds, Refuse, Idiots

I left a world in which I was a queen to enter one in which I'm a human being.

- Brigitte Bardot

World, Human Being, Which, Enter

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

- Brigitte Bardot

Never, Anybody, Wanted, Hurt

Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do.

- Brigitte Bardot

Men, Behave, Even, Beasts

I don't think I was a good comedian.

- Brigitte Bardot

Good, Think, Comedian

I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer.

- Brigitte Bardot

Lucky, I Can, I See, Swim

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.

- Brigitte Bardot

Think, Some, Very, Muslims

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

- Brigitte Bardot

Beauty, Give, Going, Gave

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

- Brigitte Bardot

Women, Unhappy, More, Liberate

We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?

- Brigitte Bardot

Death, Death Penalty, Humans

I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

- Brigitte Bardot

Admit, Horrible, Take, Adult

Fur is not luxury: it is an industry of death and suffering.

- Brigitte Bardot

Death, Suffering, Fur, Luxury

I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.

- Brigitte Bardot

Loathe, Absolutely, Luxury

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.

- Brigitte Bardot

Love, Prey, Been, Betrayed

I am a native Frenchwoman and proud of it.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Proud, Am, Native

I never had trouble saying what I have to say.

- Brigitte Bardot

Never, Say, Had, Trouble

I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Play, Actress, On And Off

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

- Brigitte Bardot

Me, Had, Brought, Unhappiness

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.

- Brigitte Bardot

My Life, Die, Wanted, Periods

I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded.

- Brigitte Bardot

Woman, Surrounded, Private, Step

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

- Brigitte Bardot

Never, Eternity, Photograph, Captured

My private life became public.

- Brigitte Bardot

Private, Public, Became, Private Life

I am all right when I work. I am not superficial and I am not ungrateful.

- Brigitte Bardot

Work, I Am, Right, Superficial

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.

- Brigitte Bardot

Never, Hollywood, Nor, France

I am against the Islamisation of France.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Against, Am, France

I know what sin is.

- Brigitte Bardot

Know, Sin

In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.

- Brigitte Bardot

Express, Must, Even, Oneself

People are forever finding something wrong with you.

- Brigitte Bardot

People, Forever, Something, Finding

James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.

- Brigitte Bardot

Integrity, Kind, James, Considerate

Fur is only of use to the animal that wears it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Fur, Only, Use, Animal

I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.

- Brigitte Bardot

World, Think, I Think, Animal

We must boycott fur coats as well as all the accessories.

- Brigitte Bardot

Accessories, Well, Coats, Fur

My favourite animals are dogs.

- Brigitte Bardot

Dogs, Animals, Favourite

Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

- Brigitte Bardot

Never, Exist, Films, Shown

I'm too impatient.

- Brigitte Bardot

Too, Impatient

If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.

- Brigitte Bardot

Love, Films, Every Man, Impression

If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.

- Brigitte Bardot

Lucky, Break, Which, Fame

The world today doesn't please me.

- Brigitte Bardot

Today, Me, World, Please

People have already dirtied my name too much.

- Brigitte Bardot

People, Name, Too, Too Much

Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

- Brigitte Bardot

Within, Provided, Every, Enchanting

All of my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals.

- Brigitte Bardot

Motivated, Most, Including, Causes

I leave before being left. I decide.

- Brigitte Bardot

Leave, Left, Before, Decide

I stopped making films to look after animals.

- Brigitte Bardot

Making, Films, Stopped, Animals

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

- Brigitte Bardot

Beautiful, Famous, Very, Rich

Percentages are why I am rich.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, Why, Am, Rich

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

- Brigitte Bardot

My Life, Die, Always, Changes

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

- Brigitte Bardot

Age, Grow, Ripen, Nice

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

- Brigitte Bardot

Nothing, Knew, About, Otherwise

Nobody has any security in loving me.

- Brigitte Bardot

Me, Loving, Nobody, Security

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

- Brigitte Bardot

Me, Living, Afraid, Expected

I regret nothing.

- Brigitte Bardot

Nothing, Regret

A film about my life? But I am not dead.

- Brigitte Bardot

I Am, My Life, About, Dead

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

- Brigitte Bardot

Give, Like, Films, My Soul

Do you have to have a reason for loving?

- Brigitte Bardot

Love, Reason, You, Loving

I am no mother, and I won't be one.

- Brigitte Bardot

Mother, I Am, Am, Mom

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