Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
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I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
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I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.