The Best Sophia Loren quotes

Hate is unfulfilled love. — Sophia Loren

The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear. — Sophia Loren

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

There is no greater love potion than regular coffee, brewed his own. When a man tries it, he was not going anywhere. — Sophia Loren

There is no better love potion than a coffee. When a man drinks the coffee made by you he will become forever yours. — Sophia Loren

True love comes along after adolescence, when we have learned not to cry for nothing. — Sophia Loren

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. — Sophia Loren

William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean–he is tender and funny and violent–and, I’m sure, really in love with our crazy Rome. — Sophia Loren

Jealousy is a miserable feeling. It means you aspire to something that you cannot have. Even in love, it is better to leave, better not to waste time. — Sophia Loren

Sex is like washing your face–just something you do because you have to. Sex without love is absolutely ridiculous. Sex follows love, it never precedes it. — Sophia Loren

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. — Sophia Loren

I’m an actress. It’s my passion. — Sophia Loren

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman. — Sophia Loren

I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman. — Sophia Loren

A dog is faithful, a woman never. — Sophia Loren

The right hairstyle can make a plain woman beautiful and a beautiful woman unforgettable. — Sophia Loren

The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful. — Sophia Loren

Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes. — Sophia Loren

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It’s not a question of clothes or makeup. It’s how she sparkles. — Sophia Loren

I can’t bear being seen naked. I’m not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness. — Sophia Loren

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

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. — Sophia Loren

Men always marry younger girls, but sometimes when a women who’s very mature marries a younger man, she’s criticized. It needs to be corrected. — Sophia Loren

I don’t like to go in places where women talk and gossip. The atmosphere I don’t like, even though you can sometimes meet nice people. For me, it’s a waste of time. — Sophia Loren

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then, perhaps, powder box you will not need … Know smart women men say beautiful–eyes snatched from the crowd and do not forget just charming. — Sophia Loren

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. — Sophia Loren

It is very important for an actor or actress to look around at everything and everyone and never forget about real life. — Sophia Loren

You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill. — Sophia Loren

Good food is a celebration of life. — Sophia Loren

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. — Sophia Loren

Mistakes are the price of an interesting life. — Sophia Loren

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

You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you–and notice it, and be glad for it. — Sophia Loren

I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness. — Sophia Loren

It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar. — Sophia Loren

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television. — Sophia Loren

It’s necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests. — Sophia Loren

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self–discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. — Sophia Loren

I have to say that since my mother died, I am not the same person anymore. My life has changed a great deal because it’s really unbearable to think you can’t see her anymore or talk to her anymore. — Sophia Loren

I firmly believe we can make our own miracles if we believe strongly enough in ourselves and our mission on earth. — Sophia Loren

Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. — Sophia Loren

Believe me, it is actions that count. — Sophia Loren

I don’t believe in anti–aging creams. I believe the skin should be clean, should be nourished, but most of all you should eat the right things. — Sophia Loren

I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother. — Sophia Loren

Until you lose your mother you don’t know what it is. — Sophia Loren

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

When you find yourself a mom, you will be by no means seriously by itself with your ideas. A mother usually should think twice, once for herself and once for her boy or girl. — Sophia Loren

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. — Sophia Loren

My mother was so beautiful, she really was a a wonderful person. Always walking like a queen. Like she owned the world. Maybe I took something from her. — Sophia Loren

I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way–I just feel good in my skin. — Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren said, ‘Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. — Sherry Argov

When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude. — Sophia Loren

As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility. — Sophia Loren

If you don’t have the roots somewhere, it’s very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don’t know you, really. They don’t know how you feel. — Sophia Loren

I work when I feel like I can do something that pleases me, that I think I can give a little more than I’ve given up to yesterday. — Sophia Loren

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need. — Sophia Loren

It’s a mistake to think that once you’re done with school you need never learn anything new. — Sophia Loren

If you can learn to use your mind as well as your powder puff, you will become more truly beautiful. — Sophia Loren

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. — Sophia Loren