Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
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You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
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I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.
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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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If you're given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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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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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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Loved people are loving people.
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If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
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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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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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Without discipline, there's no life at all.
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Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.
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It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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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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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.'