Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.
Katharine HepburnLove has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
Katharine HepburnFriendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
Katharine HepburnTo live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.
Katharine HepburnI don't believe in religion. I believe the example of Christ. I believe in the example of a perfect human being that if you can live for other people away from yourself you will be happy. If you live for yourself you will be unhappy and then you will not be able to sleep or do anything else... finally. I think insofar, and I really believe this, insofar as people do live with the other fellow [God] in mind, they have to be happy you know? Because it raises you up.
Katharine Hepburn