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Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Being young is not having any money; being young is not minding not having any money.

Being young is not having any money; being young is not minding not having any money.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things ...

As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things ...

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.

It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: No nice men are good at getting taxis.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one.

I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.

It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.

Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I just wish, when neither of us has written to my husband's mother, I didn't feel so much worse about it than he does.

I just wish, when neither of us has written to my husband's mother, I didn't feel so much worse about it than he does.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?

Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Spring makes everything look filthy.

Spring makes everything look filthy.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.

It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The main purpose of children's parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own.

The main purpose of children's parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind ...

The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind ...

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The best career advice to give to the young is, 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.'

The best career advice to give to the young is, 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.'

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.

Next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.

A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing?

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing?

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first time?

Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first time?

Katharine Whitehorn quotes: The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.

The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.