Explore Quotes by Sophia Loren

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.

The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.

Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.

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

And as I walk round the park I always think, 'Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.' I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.

At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, 'completes what nature left unfinished.'

I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit—that’s all. But I like sweets.

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

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- 'piccoli segreti' -- that are simmering on the burners.

You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman.

Ignorance has its virtues; without it there'd be mighty little conversation.

No press conference announcing a last film. I'd just steal away. Best way because, if by chance after two or three years something interesting comes up, I would not - like Sinatra - have to say: 'Well, I've thought it over and decided to come back.'

I'm an actress. It's my passion.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

You cannot say, because I am from Naples so I like the mixture of drama and comedy all together.

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.

It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.

I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you.