Eartha Kitt Quotes

I don't have to have the biggest house or the biggest car or the longest mink, but quality of life is really glamorous.

Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.

When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.

Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.

I don't believe in bringing children into the world out of wedlock.

I thought Britney Spears was absolutely marvelous in the beginning. But now I think she's gone off the deep end.

In 1992, fans of our feline temptress got another chance to sink their claws into the new and exciting tales of Catwoman in 'Batman: The Animated Series.'

I used to teach dance lessons.

The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.

I have to keep testing myself.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.

I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.

When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the father doesn't have to put his name down on the certificate.

I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

I was called a naughty girl only because I was singing naughty songs.

Thank God I got the rejects. These animals are very, very affectionate.

I sent my daughter 40 roses last November because I thought she was 40. And she laughed her head off. She is not going to be 40 until this year!

When the 'Batman' TV series was taken to the silver screen, one of America's favourite sweethearts would don the mask and claws of Catwoman.

I am always trying to eat the right kind of foods that are going to keep me healthy.

I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.

I love being in America. I used to love traveling and I am glad that I was able to go around the world. I still love to go to Europe, but I always want to come home.

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.

I have been nominated three times. I have the little pieces of paper to prove it.

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.

The biggest family in the world is my fans.

Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that's where I was put in jail.

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.

When my baby was born I had to know how to save her in case she fell in the pool or something like that. I went to one of these nursing places to learn how to take care of the child.

The stage floor was a stage of thin ice for me to tread. To hold my own or to sink through and die, never to be remembered.

I would like to be writing more because people are constantly asking me questions, and I write down what they are asking me.

I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing—in tune!—and the audience loved it.Eartha Kitt, when asked what tricks her poodle did.