Katharine Hepburn Quotes

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. – Katharine Hepburn

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expected to give — which is everything. – Katharine Hepburn

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

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move. – 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. – 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

Fashion is more art than art is. – Katharine Hepburn

Without discipline, there’s no life at all. – Katharine Hepburn

I don’t care what is written about me as long as it isn’t true. – Katharine Hepburn

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

I’d rather have a dead person in my living room than a country-western record. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m an atheist, and that’s it. – 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

Enemies are so stimulating. – Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. – Katharine Hepburn

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated. – Katharine Hepburn

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. – Katharine Hepburn

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be inferior. – 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

Love isn’t about what you say, it’s about what you do. – Katharine Hepburn

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. – Katharine Hepburn

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh. – 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

You learn a lot from Shakespeare. Don’t you? ‘The play’s the thing. Wherein, I’ll catch the conscience of the king.’ Fabulous! ‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.’ But my favorite expression is, ‘It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ – Katharine Hepburn

Life is hard. After all, it kills you. – Katharine Hepburn

I find it difficult to watch myself objectively. I’m so stupidly subjective I can’t help it. – Katharine Hepburn

I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. And it’s so blah. So short-lived… It’s like a gnat! Terrible. – Katharine Hepburn

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age, or you are not interesting. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter. – Katharine Hepburn

I am proud to say that I was perhaps the first young lady ever who could make potato soup because she had seen it in the theatre. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m a personality as well as an actress. Show me an actress who isn’t a personality, and you’ll show me a woman who isn’t a star. – Katharine Hepburn

I refuse to be a lady! – Katharine Hepburn

I don’t care much about awards. They are democratic and arbitrary. Who gives a fuck? If you get awards, it’s merely a bonus. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m an extremist. I can’t help it. – Katharine Hepburn

I’ve always had a clear picture of what I wanted and I’ve spent every moment of my life trying to get it. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m what I am today because of what happened yesterday. – Katharine Hepburn

If you follow all the rules, you miss out on all the fun. – 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 are they just lucky. I feel that I’m really, really lucky. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m a loner, and it’s not just because I’ve decided to be a loner. I was just made that way. – Katharine Hepburn

Life is hard, but things will get better if you just hang in there. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m a personality as well as an actress. Show me one actress who isn’t a personality, and you’ll show me a woman who isn’t a star. – Katharine Hepburn

Actors can get very serious about themselves. I was not like that. I saw through it from the start. I’ve always made fun of it. – Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m 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

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get. It’s what you are expected to give – which is everything. – Katharine Hepburn

I’m a perfectionist. And perfection is always a little bit off. – Katharine Hepburn