Nicole Richie Quotes

I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better.

Mark my words, my rap career [is] on the rise.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

I've always stayed really close with my mother and my father.

I think that British girls have a very eclectic and unique style.

I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.

My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.

I'm not going to change myself because I think it'll make somebody like me more. And in terms of being a business, I've found that when you're always in the people-pleasing mode, that's the easiest way to lose control of your brand's DNA. I want to sit across from someone who's authentically who they are, even if they're not my personal cup of tea. It's still more comforting than being across from someone who's making moves to please other people!

All the boys in rehab are totally available because their girlfriends have all given up on them. It's fantastic.

Spending time by myself is VERY important to me and I wake up pretty early, I wake up around 5 in the morning, and I get to have a couple hours to myself, and that is definitely I think really important to me and I think it's important for moms to have that too. And I love to carve out time for myself and sometimes I'll hang out with girlfriends, but i like to keep things pretty intimate.

Well my favorite thing about being a mom is getting to relive your childhood all over again, that's one of my favorite things. And my favorite thing about being a wife? I have more freedom to just be crazy, because he's already stuck with me.

When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.

You know, I'm just - I'm really happy for my dad.

Life is about doing the things that make you happy, not the things that please other people. If you can please other people, that's a plus, but as long as you're not hurting anyone, you're golden.

When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

A fashion icon to me is somebody who has, the first person who struck you and introduced you to the world of fashion, and that person is my mom.

I never want to disappoint my parents, ever. They are people that I always look up to.

You can see it right away when a person is dressing outside of who she is.

When you grow up in Bel Air and shop only in expensive boutiques on Rodeo and Robertson, you develop a kind of allergy to anything unpretty -clothes, cars... even people... you start thinking that if you hang around unattractive people, their homeliness can be contagious.

I don't have a clue why I'm famous, either. But I didn't make myself famous. I'm not doing it; you are doing it.

Fame and fortune are calling. Are we taking the call or blocking the number?

I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.

I have really good instincts about friends.

Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.

I know there are rumours concerning my 'breakup' with Brody Jenner. The truth is, we were never really together. We hung out, and he's a nice guy, but my heart was never in it. Anything further is just a cry for publicity.

I try to focus less on the actual items and more on the way they make me feel. I like color around my face because it does something to me emotionally. I don't like to wear black because it brings me down.

It's been a pattern in my life - when I get in trouble, I try to get out of it, since I was little.

I'm gonna dress up as an iPhone so my husband pays attention to me.

I'm hugely inspired by the '60s and the '70s. I just love the music of that time and the overall freedom of that era. I love that the idea of clashing didn't really exist. You could mix prints on prints, you could mix fabrics and colors - and it was more about the way you felt than about the label and trends. That's something that I've always gravitated towards.

Anytime I am around a male body part it is kind of exiting.

I think that people's weight fluctuates. It happens. It happens to everybody.

Oh my god. I just hung around with an unpretty person. Excuse me while I go home to scrub myself with expensive body wash and a pink loofah, to rid myself of the unpretty germs.

I woke up today knowing everything about everything.

I think lingerie plays a big part in how you carry yourself.

Guys are so transparent most of the time. Unless, of course, they're dating you, in which case they are utter mysteries.

The great thing about The Simple Life is that it's a reality show but not based on my reality, ... It has nothing to do with my life or my home or my relationships or anything. I'm not open to anything like that.

You just have to go after what you want and if it doesn't want you back then so be it; it doesn't deserve you anyways.

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.

An eating disorder is serious and it’s a disease, and I don’t think you can lightly say that someone has a disease unless they’re openly telling you that they do.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

With every year, I always try and learn something new and grow gracefully, and that's just kind of my rule for every year.

I believe there are only one or two people in the world with whom one can have a true connection. When you've been fortunate enough to marry one of those people, you are reluctant to settle for less. One can have lovers, those are easily found, but true love rarely strikes twice.

I was 21 and I got to film with my best friend.

People who type with their iPhones on loud are barbarians and probably killers.

We always need to have a smart black blazer in our closets. It's just a nice clean way to dress up even something as simple as jeans and a t-shirt. And something I always have in my closet, I always have a vintage headscarf with me, to tie around my bag or protect my hair from the sun, it depends but I always find a use for it.

I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store, I just pop in.

I am extremely involved in the design process of both my brands, Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960.