Olivia Quotes

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.

I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it.

Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like.

Let me hear your body talk.

I don’t want normal and easy and simple. I want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love.

Know what the best thing about insomnia is? That I get to stay up all night figuring it out.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.

Cancer got me over unimportant fears, like getting old.

My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.

Family, nature and health all go together.

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.

We fall in love with one version of someone and we expect them to stay that way, but they never do.

My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly.

In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.

I really get inspired by stylish girls around the world that I see on the street. Colors, patterns, throughout my travels, whatever catches my eye.

To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.

I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.

Fight each round take it on the chin. And never never never ever give in.

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an adult, my style evolved, and my love of fashion evolved even more.

I love to mix colors. For me, I don't have a rule, like "you can't wear silver and gold." You can mix it.

I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the very essence of one's being.

It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.

I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.

I live every day to its fullest extent and I don't sweat the small stuff.

Enjoy the pregnancy, not racing ahead and relishing the moment. I think people see pregnancy as something to get over with, but every stage of becoming a mother is really special.

I look at my cancer journey as a gift: It made me slow down and realisethe important things in life and taught me to not sweat the small stuff.

To 'be loved' is the most basic of human needs. Like a flower, it waters the human soul. But 'to love' is a true blessing.

I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?

The only weights I lift are my dogs.

I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald and deep blues, combining them with black.

We need to remind ourselves of the beauty of human connection and of nature and pull ourselves out of devices for a moment and appreciate what it is just to be human beings.

My gut tells me everything I need to know.

In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.

We all enjoy being comfy, but my comfy - you know, I love a nice, cozy cashmere sweater and spandex, sure.

I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

Anything that becomes an obstacle in life is only an opportunity to learn and it's the same in any profession I think.

After you, it's all cheap tequila.

Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.

I am extremely grateful. And that brings me back to reality on the days I am complaining about something.