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Love fattens on smooth words. — Katharine Hepburn

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

I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference. — Katharine Hepburn

You can't change the music of your soul.
- In Esquire, 1967 — Katharine Hepburn

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor. — Katharine Hepburn

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm. — Katharine Hepburn

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

The calla lilies are in bloom again. — Katharine Hepburn

It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous. — Katharine Hepburn

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

Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature. — Katharine Hepburn

A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same
scandal. — Katharine Hepburn

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. — Katharine Hepburn

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. — Denzel Washington

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews. — Katharine Hepburn

Be yourself, it's a tough act to follow. — Katharine Hepburn

If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building. — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

To be loved is very demoralizing. — Katharine Hepburn

There are no laurels in life, just new challenges. — Katharine Hepburn

Enemies are so stimulating. — Katharine Hepburn

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least. — Katharine Hepburn

I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it. — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them. — Katharine Hepburn

[On Katharine Hepburn's stage performance:] She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B. — Dorothy Parker

No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex. — Katharine Hepburn

I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. — Katharine Hepburn

People have grown fond of me, like some old building. — Katharine Hepburn

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

I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, 'Try one. Try a skirt.' — Katharine Hepburn

My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking. — Katharine Hepburn

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. — Katharine Hepburn

Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know. — Katharine Hepburn

Live dangerously. There's a lot to be said for sinning. — Katharine Hepburn

Listen to the Song of Life — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

Never complain. Never explain. — Katharine Hepburn

When I've been unsuccessful, I've been controlled. When I've been successful, I've been in control. — Katharine Hepburn

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. — Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. — Katharine Hepburn

I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more. — Katharine Hepburn

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

I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him. — Katharine Hepburn

The lack of work destroys people. — Katharine Hepburn

I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it. — Katharine Hepburn

My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate. — Katharine Hepburn

With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable. — Katharine Hepburn

I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven. — Katharine Hepburn

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move. — Katharine Hepburn

Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly? — Katharine Hepburn

Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer, — Katharine Hepburn

I 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 Hepburn

The shakes stop if you drink enough, but then so does everything else. — Katharine Hepburn

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. — Katharine Hepburn

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life. — Katharine Hepburn

What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. — Katharine Hepburn

Loved people are loving people. — Katharine Hepburn

The time to make up your mind about people is never. — Katharine Hepburn

To put it simply: There was no bunk about Bogie. He was a man. — Katharine Hepburn

Its a force of life, sex; you cant deny the thrill of riding high, wide and handsome with someone you love. — Katharine Hepburn

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower. — Katharine Hepburn

There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep. — Blake Lively

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. — Katharine Hepburn

When you know better, it's easier to do better
George Chryst — Katharine Hepburn

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. — Katharine Hepburn

The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot. — Katharine Hepburn

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them. — Katharine Hepburn

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity. — Katharine Hepburn

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best. — Katharine Hepburn

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us. — Katharine Hepburn

You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part. — Katharine Hepburn

I was fearless...and lawless. — Katharine Hepburn

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

You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself. — Katharine Hepburn

I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's. — Katharine Hepburn

The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night. — Katharine Hepburn

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married. — Katharine Hepburn

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

I have a fuller figure and sometimes like to hide my legs. Palazzo pants accentuate my small waist and make me feel a little like Katharine Hepburn. — Debi Mazar

I truly believe that people do the best they can. — Katharine Hepburn

I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win. — Katharine Hepburn

No one ever cut Katharine Hepburn down to size. — William J. Mann

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn. — Hallie Ephron

"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 Hepburn

Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively. — Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. — Katharine Hepburn

If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

I welcome death. In death there are no interviews! — Katharine Hepburn

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

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