Katharine Hepburn Quotes
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.
Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
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
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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.
It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
I'm 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 people.
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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.
"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. "Beat it", I said, "go sit on a tack!" "We made you", they said. "Like hell you did", I told them.
