Top 55 Christie Brinkley Quotes

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

I can’t live without knowing I have my extensions and ponytail. So I can run out the door at the drop of a hat.

I believe in true love, and I believe in happy endings. And I believe.

Four months is a lot of living with that little life in you-thinking about it, eating right for it, nurturing it and all of a sudden, it dies.

My biggest deterrent to getting the workout I need is just that my days are so full and so busy.

I respect artists so much, and I absolutely love music as the ultimate art.

I like coffee in the morning and decaf green tea throughout the day… When I was younger and modeling, to kick-start a diet I would do a juice cleanse.

In the beginning of my career, I read an article about the reason that men always look five years younger than women is because they shave.

I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look.

My favorite dish is brown rice with lentils, roasted red and yellow peppers, and fennel, with a sweet potato and a salad on the side.

I must’ve got whacked on the head. He presented a totally false person for me to fall in love with.

I have an organic garden and love being able to say, ‘I’m going to see what I can pick to throw in my salad.’

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model.

Basically he never went to work and didn’t have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.

When you feel great, you emanate a certain energy that translates as beautiful. I don’t care if you have the standard beauty or not; it’s that X-factor that comes through, and the basis of that is good health.

Modelling opened up the world to me. All my friends were bohemian artists and were a little bit appalled when I sold out and did something so bourgeois. I’d say, ‘Come on, guys, with what I earn from this job, we can all go to Morocco.’

When you turn 60, the key is to not stop moving. Once you start to stop moving, you rust. You got to just keep going.

I’ve gotten into the habit of cranking out a set of push-ups before each show to get my blood pumping and find my focus. I worked my way up from eight to 30. That was a real accomplishment.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it’s a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. It’s through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn’t mean they are great communicators in person.

I’ve always believed in a rainbow diet. As many colors and foods as you can eat, the better, because if you focus on one food, there’s bound to be a report that comes out that says, ‘Broccoli actually… ‘ So I mix it up a lot. And I take vitamins, like Biosil, which I take for my hair, skin, and nails.

All I ever wanted was a big, happy family.

I think there’s little things you can do with a dermatologist that can stave off major, giant surgery, which is really scary. But I’m all for, if something’s bothering you, fix it. At least talk to somebody to see what it would take to fix it, and see if that’s for you or not.

If a person lies to you about what’s in their bank account, they’ll lie to you about other things as well.

My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

I really have a deep sense of caring about the air that we breathe and the water that we drink. I want to be able to say that I was trying to protect that. And I also care deeply about children. My children, all children. And I care deeply about giving back.

I had a gorgeous mom. She was beautiful, so I lucked out there.

When I am brushing my teeth, I’m bending my leg behind me, or I’m lifting my leg up and holding it in that position so I’m squeezing my butt in. I can do that while I’m washing or slicing vegetables, too. Or I go up and down on my toes, working my calves a little bit.

I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about the world around you. That’s what really matters.

Because I’m an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be there for them.

I have sun damage that I want to repair, but I also want to keep myself from further damage.

I photographed all kinds of sports – Formula 1, Formula Atlantic. And anybody who knows me knows that, from the day they invented video cameras, I used to lug them around when you had to carry the pack here and the big camera here, plus the diaper bag and a baby and the purse or whatever.

I think that ultimately your age is determined by your attitude. It’s not the number; it’s not how many wrinkles you have on your face. It’s the energy that you project.

The more you give, the more you get – it’s a cliche, but it’s really true.

I remember really loving the CoverGirl ads when I was younger – there was something very cool about how they always put the girls in white. It looked so clean.

I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.

Every morning, I make myself a cappuccino with a drawing in the foam. I post them to Instagram with the hashtag #christiecappuccino.

Most of the time, I’ve got my kids with me, so I’m not as prone to meeting people. And then, you never really know if someone is talking to you because you’re a celebrity.

I’ve been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old. When I became a vegetarian, I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian.

We decided to try in vitro, because both Peter and I felt we couldn’t handle another failure. When I miscarried after that, we had to come to terms with the possibility that this wasn’t meant to be.

No matter what your age is, you only have now. So it’s always about living in the moment and being in the moment… I refuse to let those numbers define me, and I just try to face each day positively.

After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body’s way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn’t meant to be.

Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.

My smile has been my ticket to the world. Smiling releases the same feel-good hormones you get jogging. Caring for your lips and gums is important. I brush my teeth morning and night, alternating toothpaste brands. In addition to flossing, I use a Water Pik to massage my gums and remove food particles.

In private, I may wear a bikini, but at the public beach with my kids, I would change bathing suits because they do not want to be hanging out with some old broad in a bikini.

Go ahead and have the Kit Kat at the movies. If you don’t satisfy an urge sometimes, you often substitute less-satisfying things and end up eating more.

When doing sports… on the water, it’s crucial to stop aging by protecting your skin.

Believe me, I love a good chocolate chip ice cream. I’m not going to go for some lousy version of it. If I’m going to have it, I’m going to have a really good one. I believe in treating yourself occasionally to something.

Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.

Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.

I don’t count that relationship with Ricky. It’s just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack.

It’s so funny because all those years I was working, I basically always felt that whatever job I was doing would probably be the last one I would get. I really never thought that I stacked up with the other girls.