180 Quotes by Sophia Loren

Almost starve, but I don’t starve because I eat very much

Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to.

I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on the screen were doing, not what they received for doing it.

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

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

Believe me, it is actions that count.

There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do.

I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself. So failure or reversal does not bring out resentment in me because I cannot blame others for any misfortune that befalls me.

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.