Quotes by Katharine Hepburn, page 2
40 quotes by Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn - american actress
Also called: Katharine Houghton Hepburn.
Was born on 12 may 1907.
Died on 29 jun 2003, at 96 years old.
Died on 29 jun 2003, at 96 years old.
Origin country: United States
Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about contentment, life
Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else. You weren't you then; you were safe.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about contentment, life
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about nothing, contentment, love
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about marriage, people
My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about common sense, sense
Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about love, people
Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about man, need
Someone asked someone who was about my age: “How are you?”. The answer was: “Fine. If you don't ask for details”.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about olderness, age, contentment
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about ambition, celebrity, americans, film
The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about gifts, age, olderness
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about character, time, contentment
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about change, teachers, school, contentment
Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
KQuote by Katharine Hepburn about heads, contentment
