Audrey Hepburn

1929–1993 · actress & humanitarian · a top magnet for feel-good fake quotes

Audrey Hepburn was the British-born film star of Roman Holiday, Sabrina and Breakfast at Tiffany’s who spent her later years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Her image of gentle elegance has made her one of the internet’s favourite hooks for uplifting quotations she never spoke — including the famous “For attractive lips…” lines she always credited to humorist Sam Levenson. The “happy girls are the prettiest” passage is another such case: warmly Hepburn-flavoured, but not hers.

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5 quotes we’ve traced to Audrey Hepburn

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy”

Attributed

“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades”

Disputed

“Happy girls are the prettiest”

Disputed

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles”

Disputed

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible”

Disputed

Not actually Audrey Hepburn

Often misattributed to Audrey Hepburn

Famous lines widely pinned on Audrey Hepburn that we’ve traced to someone else.

“Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist”

actually David Ben-Gurion

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry”

actually Sam Levenson

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