Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's.
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The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Loved people are loving people.
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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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Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!
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If you have fame, you never feel that you have fame, if you have the brains of a flea. Because fame is something that's over back of you. It ain't ahead.... Not ahead at all. I mean, if you've done it that's great, but "what are you going to do now?" is the only thing that matters.
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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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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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It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.
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If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
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Without discipline, there's no life at all.
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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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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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It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.