“Love Katharine Hepburn. Her selfless love to Spencer, with little or no regard for her own needs, wants or care, bothers me. The book while interesting, was not what i expected, yet, the last chapter was the most disturbing, love knows no bounds, she had unconditional love for Spencer, it is a shame it was not reciprocated. she deserved so much more. but she did it out of love. how can you argue with that? i hope her free spirit is still surrounding all of us.”— Katharine Hepburn
“I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn’t do what I wanted, I’d kill him.”— Katharine Hepburn
“I am 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 other people.”— Katharine Hepburn
“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.”— Katharine Hepburn
“Now how can anybody look at that and not believe in God? I mean, how can anybody look at this and not believe there is some higher power, some divine force at work in the universe greater than Man, some god that created it, that created all this, that created us?”— Katharine Hepburn
“The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.”— Katharine Hepburn
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything”— 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 keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.”– Katharine Hepburn
“Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.”– 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
“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 want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.”– Katharine Hepburn
“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.”– 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
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.”– Katharine Hepburn
“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around.”– 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
“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.”– Katharine Hepburn
“It’s a business you go into because your an egocentric. It’s a very embarrassing profession.”– Katharine Hepburn
“I 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 Hepburn
“Dressing 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 Hepburn