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

— Brigitte Bardot

I have the courage of my convictions.

— Brigitte Bardot

I leave before being left. I decide.

— Brigitte Bardot

I live the life of a farmer. I don't see how I could wear Lagerfeld's designs while feeding my goats. Furthermore, 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

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

I never do anything by chance.

— Brigitte Bardot

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

— Brigitte Bardot

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

— Brigitte Bardot

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

— 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