Jeanne Calment's Quotes

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.

I've only got one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it.

Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

All babies are beautiful.

Every age has its happiness and troubles.

Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.

He who hugs too much, hugs badly!

I didn't like mundane life.

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.

I think I will die laughing.

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.

I wait for death and journalists.

I'd like to go to the Moon.

I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing.

I'm not afraid of anything.

I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.

In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.

Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

Wit doesn't make girls pretty.