I leave before being left. I decide.

I leave before being left. I decide.

Brigitte Bardot

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

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

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

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

No more hard work than looking beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight.

No more hard work than looking beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight.

If people don't like me, I become very plain.

If people don't like me, I become very plain.

I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love.

I have found out that friendship is quite as important as love and it isn't any easier than love.

The world today doesn't please me.

The world today doesn't please me.

I have the courage of my convictions.

I have the courage of my convictions.

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

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

It is better to be wrong than correct with no desire to be.

It is better to be wrong than correct with no desire to be.

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

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

I don't think when I make love.

I don't think when I make love.

Success is unpredictable and fragile.

Success is unpredictable and fragile.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

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

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

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

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

There is a certain dignity to being French.

There is a certain dignity to being French.

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I am tired.

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I am tired.