Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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.
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I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it.
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal.
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How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.
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The lack of work destroys people.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
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I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you've got less to sell.
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Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask for details.
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Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
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Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.
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I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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I don't believe in religion. I believe the example of Christ. I believe in the example of a perfect human being that if you can live for other people away from yourself you will be happy. If you live for yourself you will be unhappy and then you will not be able to sleep or do anything else... finally. I think insofar, and I really believe this, insofar as people do live with the other fellow [God] in mind, they have to be happy you know? Because it raises you up.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy - and then death.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good.
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I won't go to a restaurant to eat with friends, always join them afterwards for coffee. In company I always get over enthusiastic, and this leads to indigestion.