Katharine Hepburn Quotes

I was born lucky and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.

The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant but inside I was always quaking.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased".

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.

My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

If you give audiences a chance they'll do half your acting for you.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.

Vitality! That's the pursuit of life isn't it?

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.

If you have to support yourself you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

If you always do what interests you at least one person is pleased.

I truly believe that people do the best they can.

Without discipline there's no life at all.

As for me prizes mean nothing. My prize is my work.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.