Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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.
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My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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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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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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, 'Try one. Try a skirt.'
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If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
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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.
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What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.
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I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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'My beautiful Grandmother - Caroline Garlinghouse - came from Pittsburgh - my mother's mother. I never met her but I have followed many of her ideas - through my mother - And it has given me a warm spot in my heart for your city...My grandmother's brother, Fred Garlinghouse, lived in Pittsburgh, was an engineer and apparently worked for Jones & Laughlin.'
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.