--- title: "4 Rome Quotes By Sophia Loren" description: "4 Rome quotes by Sophia Loren. Plus more from Sophia Loren and more Rome sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/sophia-loren-2705_able_getting-ahead-in-a-difficult-profession_401683.jpg" --- > [Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/getting-ahead-in-a-difficult-profession-singing-acting-writing/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/sophia-loren-2705_able_getting-ahead-in-a-difficult-profession_401683.jpg) > [Though poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/though-poor-and-anxious-to-work-i-refused-to-alter-anything-they/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/sophia-loren-2705_anxious_though-poor-and-anxious-to-work-i-refuse_1300014.jpg) > [Without my mother's ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/without-my-mother-s-ambition-her-drive-i-doubt-that-on-my-own-i-would/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/sophia-loren-2705_ambition_without-my-mother-s-ambition-her-drive-i_1664579.jpg) > [ \[William\] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/william-klein-has-eyes-like-a-knife-he-is-ruthless-and-outrageous-but/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/sophia-loren-2705_crazy_william-klein-has-eyes-like-a-knife-he-i_3156827.jpg) ## Other authors on Rome - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-gibbon-31792.jpg) Edward Gibbon 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/edward-gibbon/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/pope-francis/) - [Jay Crownover 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/jay-crownover/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-tullius-cicero-63326.jpg) Marcus Tullius Cicero 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/marcus-tullius-cicero/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julius-caesar-54438.jpg) Julius Caesar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/julius-caesar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-will-durant-95038.jpg) Will Durant 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/will-durant/) ## More by Sophia Loren > [I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-have-never-judged-myself-by-other-people-s-standards-i-have-always/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [“Discipline is the great equalizer. If a young woman is beautiful but has no discipline, she will lose her looks as she grows older.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/discipline-is-the-great-equalizer-if-a-young-woman-is-beautiful-but/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [I can cook, I can breathe, I can live!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-can-cook-i-can-breathe-i-can-live/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/getting-ahead-in-a-difficult-profession-requires-avid-faith-in/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-don-t-believe-in-anti-aging-creams-i-believe-the-skin-should-be/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/sex-is-like-washing-your-face-just-something-you-do-because-you-have/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/learn-to-use-your-brains-as-deftly-as-your-powder-box-and-then/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [For me, it is good to be vulnerable. It makes me nice... weak sometimes, but in a good way, not a tragic way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/for-me-it-is-good-to-be-vulnerable-it-makes-me-nice-weak-sometimes/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/it-s-necessary-to-have-an-energy-that-carries-you-forward-you-need/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/my-mother-was-so-beautiful-she-really-was-a-a-wonderful-person-always/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [Good food is a celebration of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/good-food-is-a-celebration-of-life/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-know-how-to-say-no-in-twelve-languages-that-s-enough-for-a-woman/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-have-to-say-that-since-my-mother-died-i-am-not-the-same-person/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/jealousy-is-a-miserable-feeling-it-means-you-aspire-to-something-that/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) > [It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/it-s-a-mistake-to-think-that-once-you-re-done-with-school-you-need/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rome/sophia-loren/#itemlist", "name": "4 Rome Quotes By Sophia Loren", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. 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