Katharine Hepburn Quotes

I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they're not willing to pay the price.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.

It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.

If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.

I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh, my private life, or oh, are they going to find out how boring I am? You know? And that was the only reason now, in a sense, not to do television. Because it certainly is a method of expression, which has to be accepted as these things come along.

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.

People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.

When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

You never feel that you have fame. It's always in back of you.

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.

You are the only person you can actually change

Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

In some ways I've lived my life like a man, made my own decisions, etc. I've been as terrified as the next person, but you've got to keep going.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets.

If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.

If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!

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.

My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn't come to any conclusions about it at all.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Life is full of censorship. I cant spit in your eye.

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.

I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.

We were brought up in the school that teaches: You do what the script tells you. Deliver the goods without comment. Live it-do it-or shut up. After all, the writer is what's important. If the script is good and you don't get in its way, it will come off okay. I never discussed a script with Spence [Spencer Tracy]; we just did it. The same with Hank [Henry Fonda] in On Golden Pond. Naturally and unconsciously we joined into what I call a musical necessity-the chemistry that brings out the essence of the characters and the work.

I am a total me, me, Me person.

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.

I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them.

I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth

Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.

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.

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate - I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself.

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.

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.

Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.