It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
Katharine HepburnNobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
Katharine HepburnPeople think that I'm tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
Katharine HepburnAfraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.
Katharine HepburnOur Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
Katharine HepburnEveryone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
Katharine HepburnIt would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
Katharine HepburnOnly when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done.
Katharine Hepburn"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
Katharine HepburnI don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.
Katharine HepburnThe 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.
Katharine HepburnThe terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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 HepburnBeing an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you've got less to sell.
Katharine HepburnI think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.
Katharine HepburnDressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age.
Katharine HepburnLife's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy - and then death.
Katharine Hepburn